Phase 2 Of COVID-19 Vaccination For The Elderly And Public Service Workers Starts From February To May

JAKARTA - The government will start implementing phase two of the COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly and public service workers from February to March 2021.

Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, said that phase 2 of the vaccination ceremony will generally begin next week.

"The second phase of the vaccination program will take place from February. We hope it will be completed in May. In May, we will also start stages for other communities", said Maxi in a virtual press conference, Monday, February 15.

Maxi said, the total target of the second phase of vaccination reached 38.513.446 people. This figure consists of more than 21 million elderly, nearly 17 million for public service workers.

The priority targets for the second phase of vaccination include the elderly, market traders, educators, religious leaders, representatives of the people, officials, government, civil servants, the National Army and Police Force, tourism officers, public services, public transportation workers, athletes, and media workers.

Maxi said the determination of priority groups for vaccine recipients was carried out by taking into account the roadmap from WHO, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), as well as studies from the national immunization expert advisory committee.

"So the government does not just choose randomly why it should be elderly and public service workers first", he said. The provision of the COVID-19 vaccination for each target in the second phase will be carried out simultaneously according to the availability of vaccines. The Ministry of Health will distribute the vaccine proportions for each target group, both the elderly and health service workers.

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