COVID-19 Vaccination Phase 2 In Jakarta Starts From Tanah Abang Market, Lasts For 6 Days And Targets 55 Thousand Merchants

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JAKARTA - Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Maxi Rein Rondonuwu said that the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination will begin on Wednesday, February 17.

As a start, the vaccination will be carried out to merchants in Tanah Abang Market, Central Jakarta. The total target of this second phase of vaccination reaches 38.513.446 people. This figure consists of more than 21 million elderly, nearly 17 million for public service workers.

"The second phase of vaccination will begin with market merchants who are pilot projects in DKI Jakarta, namely Tanah Abang Market on Wednesday, February 17, 2021", Maxi said in a virtual press conference, Monday, February 15.

On Wednesday, the vaccination for market merchants will last for 6 days, targeting around 55 thousand merchants in Tanah Abang. The vaccination of the market merchants is carried out in bulk at one location.

"We hope that this will work for all market merchants in Jakarta and throughout Indonesia", he said.

The priority targets for the second phase of vaccination include the elderly, market merchants, educators, religious leaders and counselors, representatives of the people, officials, government and civil servants, the National Army and Police Force.

Furthermore, security officers, tourism officers, public services, public transportation workers, athletes, and media workers.

Given that the number of COVID-19 vaccines is still limited because it is being produced and has not been distributed from the agreed vaccine producing countries, the Ministry of Health will make up the proportion of each target group.

The elderly group in Indonesia is around 21 million people. Initially, the Ministry of Health will proportion 20 to 30 percent of the elderly in each province.

"Then after that, market merchants. We also proportionate market traders get about 50 to 60 percent. After that, teachers around 60-70 percent. After that, the State Civil Apparatus, the National Army and Police Force, other public officials about 20 to 30 percent, other public targets get a proportion of 10 to 15 percent", explained Maxi.