Ladies And Gentlemen, Don't Forget To Check The SMS, Yes, There Is Information On The COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito (Photo: BNPB doc)

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force (Task Force) Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito said that people who will receive COVID-19 vaccination will receive an invitation via SMS or short message.

"As with vaccination for health workers, the public will also receive an invitation via SMS and then register before receiving vaccination," Wiku said in an online press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube account, Thursday, February 4.

The data that will be used will come from cooperation between Telkom, Kominfo, BPJS, the Ministry of Health and the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy.

"The general public vaccination mechanism will later use a single vaccination data system," he said.

It is known that the government plans to vaccinate 181.5 million people to achieve communal immunity against COVID-19.

The first batch of vaccinations will be carried out from January to April 2021 with the target of 1.3 million health workers in 34 provinces, 17.4 million public officials, and 21.5 million elderly citizens.

The second batch of vaccinations will be carried out from April 2021 to March 2022 with a target of 63.9 million people in areas with high transmission risk and 77.4 million other community members using a cluster approach according to the availability of vaccines.

The government has confirmed orders for 329.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from several vaccine manufacturers, including the Chinese pharmaceutical company, Sinovac; US-Canadian vaccine manufacturer Novavax; British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca; and the German and US pharmaceutical company Pfizer BioNTech.