Only 772 People From 16,134 Elderly And Mothers In Aceh Were Vaccinated Against COVID-19

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JAKARTA - Head of the Banda Aceh Health Service (Dinkes) Lukman said there are still many elderly people in the capital city of Aceh Province who do not want to be injected with the Sinovac vaccine.

"Vaccination of the elderly is already running, but to this day there are still many who do not want to," said Lukman, in Banda Aceh, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, April 14.

Lukman said, the target of elderly vaccine recipients in Banda Aceh was 16,134 people. However, only 772 people have received injections of anti-corona virus drugs.

"So far, of the 772 people who took the first dose, only 336 elderly have received the second dose of vaccine, or only 2.8 percent," he said.

Lukman conveyed that the lack of elderly people who participated in this vaccination was partly due to the factor that they did not want to come to the designated health facilities.

Therefore, Lukman said, his party will soon plan a new model so that the elderly can participate in the vaccination, one of which is a shuttle system to injection posts that will be provided.

"Our plan is for the elderly to be carried out by escorting the elderly to be vaccinated, we are currently discussing this," he said.

Lukman said, the vaccination process might take a little longer because there are many other activities such as mass vaccines and also during the month of Ramadan.

"Today we are also doing a mass vaccine, and tomorrow we will do it again for public servants, maybe it will still take time," said Lukman.

On this occasion, Lukman also mentioned that vaccinations for public servants had reached 12,559 for the first dose and 8,557 for the second dose, out of a total target of 26,390 people.

Meanwhile, for health workers in Banda Aceh, of the target number 6,380, 7,298 had received the first dose of vaccine, and 6,296 for the second dose.