JAKARTA - Vaccination is one of the most effective efforts to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic which is still ongoing in most areas of the world, including Indonesia. However, in practice, it is not easy, especially in areas in the country which geographical conditions are in remote and inland areas. As reported by Antara, Monday, July 12, the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination in East Kotawaringin (Kotim) Regency, Central Kalimantan Province, especially in remote areas, is facing difficult and complicated geographical conditions. conditions. You have to go through a cascade, sometimes you have to push a motorboat that runs aground because it's shallow. You also have to stay overnight because the distance from one village to another is quite far," said the Acting Head of the Antang Kalang sub-district, Watmin in Sampit. is a swift flow of water in the river, almost like a waterfall, but very low. Watmin explained that Antang Kalang exists is one of the districts that is geographically difficult to reach. There are still many villages whose access has to rely on river transportation with travel times of up to four hours or more with difficult and dangerous terrain due to many cascades. For example, when carrying out COVID-19 vaccinations in three villages namely Tumbang Gagu, Buntut Nusa and Tumbang Ramei, the team had to traveled down the river and had to spend the night in the village to carry out the vaccination. To reach Tumbang Gagu village, the group used a small motorboat from Tumbang Kalang, the center of Antang Kalang sub-district. The trip to the far end of the village took about 4.5 hours with rapids cascades that had to be taken along the way. Watmin together with the District Leadership Coordination Forum, which accompanied the health workers, inevitably had to spend the night in Tumbang Gagu because the vaccination program had just started. on the morning of the next day. Not only the difficult terrain of the journey, the implementation of vaccination must also be followed by a good approach, because there are people who are reluctant to be vaccinated due to an inaccurate understanding. It was only after being given a complete explanation that the community was enthusiastic about participating in the vaccination, even some of them could not be served because the allocation of available vaccines was limited. The team then continued the activity with vaccination in Buntut Nusa Village. To get to this village, the group traveled by river for 45 minutes. The people of this village are also enthusiastic about participating in vaccinations, even the allocated vaccines are again not sufficient. Limited vaccines The team then continued the journey to Tumbang Ramei Village with a travel time of about 1 hour 15 minutes. The team spent the night in this village and the new vaccination was carried out the next day. The residents of this village were also enthusiastic about participating in the vaccination. However, it is unfortunate that the available vaccines are very limited. After vaccination in Tumbang Ramei Village, the team returned to Tumbang Kalang Village by traveling for about 1.5 hours. In addition to vaccination, the agenda in the three villages is also filled with local village meetings. Watmin hopes that vaccines will be supplied as needed because the people in Antang Kalang District are very enthusiastic about participating in vaccination. In addition, it takes time, energy and large costs for "pick-up the ball" vaccination activities to villages. "If we expect residents who come to take vaccinations to the puskesmas in the sub-district, it is quite difficult because of the distance, terrain, time and cost. Hopefully only supply of vaccines is as needed, so when we go to the villages, we can serve all residents who meet health requirements," he said. Meanwhile, vaccine shortages do not only occur in health centers in remote areas, but even in Sampit City, the capital city. East Waringin Regency. In the past week, many puskesmas did not provide vaccinations because the remaining vaccine stock was running low and priority was given to residents who underwent the second dose of vaccination.
- https://voi.id/berita/66050/mau-vaksin-berpay-kini-alread-available-di-klinik-kimia-farma-yang-diunjuk
- https://voi.id/ekonomi/64533/sidak-ke-apotek-kimia-farma-erick-thohir-kecam-harga-mahal-obat-ivermectin-di-pasaran-ini-menyakitkan-hati-rakyat
- https://voi.id/berita/64797/kimia-farma-apotek-pastikan-stok-obat-to-suplemen-aman
- https://voi.id/berita/65113/kimia-farma-targetkan-obat-therapy-patient-covid-19-remdesivir-beredar-september-2021
- https://voi.id/berita/66050/mau-vaksin-berpay-kini-alread-available-di-klinik-kimia-farma-yang-diunjuk
- https://voi.id/economy/59117/kimia-farma-diagnostika-kerja-sama-dengan-itama-ranoraya-sediakan-alat-tes-swab-dalam-sum-besar
[/see_also]
Pilot Regent of East Waringin City Halikinnor said that his party had repeatedly conveyed this problem to the Central Kalimantan Provincial Government. In fact, he had asked for an official letter to be made to the Governor of Central Kalimantan and copied to the President so that East Kotawaringin was given priority for adding vaccines due to limitations. This is a model because the largest population is in Central Kalimantan Province. We must mobilize all our strength, including the assistance of the TNI and Polri to optimize vaccination, but it turns out that the supply of vaccines is not able to keep up with our needs, "said Halikinnor. Meanwhile, the development of COVID-19 cases in East Kotawaringin on Sunday afternoon there were an addition of 37 people who were positively exposed to COVID-19. In addition, nine patients recovered, but one person died. Overall, the number of COVID-19 cases in East Kotawaringin has reached 3,598 cases, consisting of 3,017 recovered cases, 480 people are still being treated and 101 people have died. Halikinnor appealed to the public to comply with and implement health protocols to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. In addition, the policy of limiting activities must also be adhered to so that the chain of transmission and spread of COVID-19 can be broken. "Don't think as if this is only in the government's interest. We must realize that this is for our safety as well. The public must help because no matter how big the government's efforts are. , the results will not be optimal if it is not supported by the community," said Halikinnor.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
