Compact, Jokowi-Anies Review Vaccinations Of Market Traders In Tanah Abang

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Photo: Setkab)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo inspects the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination for market traders at Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, February 17.

Jokowi observed that he was accompanied by DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswdan, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, and Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Service Widyastuti.

Today's vaccination is the second phase of vaccination starting from market traders. Then, proceed to other public service employees.

Jokowi observes the vaccination process, starting from the health checks of vaccine recipients by vaccinators, to vaccine injection. Sometimes, Anies gives an explanation to Jokowi regarding the vaccination process.

"The second phase starts today at Tanah Abang Market, Jakarta. With the cooperation between the Ministry of Health and the DKI Jakarta Province, we are starting vaccinations for public servants and public workers", Jokowi said in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, February 17.

After monitoring the mass vaccination process, Jokowi saw that his field management was quite good.

Jokowi hopes that public workers, both security forces, market traders, journalists, athletes, workers in shops and malls, and several other professional groups will soon be vaccinated.

"After the DKI Jakarta Province, it will run in other provinces. So, we hope that the number of vaccines vaccinated every day will increase drastically", said Jokowi.

On this day, the injection of vaccination to public officials is being carried out on the 8th floor of Blok A Tanah Abang targeting market traders. Vaccinations are also carried out on the 12th floor of Blok A Tanah Abang for PD Pasar Jaya employees.

Today's target audience. targeting 1500 vaccine participants, where all potential participants have registered for vaccination.

In the national COVID-19 vaccination program, the government is targeting 181.5 vaccine targets. They are people aged 18 years and over. Vaccine recipients receive twice the injection dose.

In the first stage, the vaccine is intended for 1.5 health workers. As of today, health workers who have received the first dose of vaccination nationally are 76.32 percent, and the second dose is 36.5 percent.

Especially in DKI, the special vaccination for health workers has reached 89 percent and the second dose has reached 45.1 percent.

Then, in the second stage, COVID-19 vaccination is for the elderly and public service workers. The target is 21.5 million elderly and 16.9 million public workers. This program lasts until May.

They are market traders, educators, religious leaders and counselors, representatives of the people, officials, government, civil servants, TNI-Police, tourism officers, public services, public transportation workers, athletes, and media workers.

Furthermore, vaccination will be carried out for 63.9 million vulnerable people or people living in areas with a high risk of infection. Then, other communities as many as 77.7 million people. This program will be carried out from April 2021 to March 2022.