President Jokowi: In Maluku, 116 Thousand People Have Been Vaccinated

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Capture YouTube Screenshot of Presidential Secretariat)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo said that currently, there are 116 thousand people in Maluku Province who have been vaccinated. This was conveyed during a series of working visits in Ambon City, Maluku.

"Throughout Maluku Province, 116 thousand have been vaccinated and specifically in Ambon City, approximately 30 thousand have been vaccinated. This continues every day and we hope that it is on target, we will finish it later", said President Jokowi, quoted from the Youtube channel of the Presidential Secretariat, Thursday, March 25th.

Today, Jokowi reviewed vaccinations for officers or public workers at the port consisting of employees from PT Pelni, PT Pelindo, and KSOP (Office of the Harbormaster and Port Authority).

To the citizens who were vaccinated, Jokowi explained his wish that 70 percent of the residents could be vaccinated so that communal immunity (herd immunity) can be achieved.

"If 70 percent of Indonesian people have been vaccinated, injected, then there will be communal immunity. What does that mean? The COVID-19 can no longer transmit from person to person. From citizen to citizen, we can stop it", said Jokowi.

Jokowi admitted that the national vaccination program has a long process. However, Jokowi is targeting vaccinations to be completed by the end of this year if mass vaccination activities are carried out frequently.

"We hope that this pandemic will end soon and the regional, national and provincial economies can bounce back, and we can work in our daily lives as usual", he said.

Furthermore, Jokowi headed for the Central General Hospital (RSUP) dr. J. Leimena, Ambon City, to observe the course of mass vaccination for religious leaders, teaching and education staff, and public workers. At the same time, Jokowi inaugurated the first hospital in the Eastern Indonesia region.

"After the groundbreaking in 2017, today we have seen the completion of dr. Johannes Leimana hospital in Ambon which we hope will provide excellent health services for people in eastern Indonesia", said Jokowi.

After the inauguration, Jokowi will head to the residence of Raja Hitu, Central Maluku Regency, to participate in monitoring the mass vaccinations that were also carried out at that location.

Not far from the location of the vaccination at Raja Hitu's residence, at the Huseka'a Hitu Pier, Jokowi is scheduled to have a dialogue with representatives of fishermen groups, fish sellers, and local market merchants.