Hoaxes Cause COVID-19 Vaccinations In Riau Are Still Low

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PEKANBARU - Spokesperson for the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Riau Province, Dr. Indra Yovi, said that the realization of vaccination in the local community for the general public and the elderly was still low. The cause is miscommunication and hoaxes about vaccines.

"So there are still many parents and our brothers and sisters who are afraid because of the hoaxes that often appear," said Indra Yovi in Pekanbaru, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, July 13.

Indra Yovi said that now a lot of hoax information related to vaccines is being spread through social media.

"The vaccine hoax content contained 1,810 hoaxes, including on Facebook there were 1,467 hoaxes, then on Instagram 11 hoaxes, Twitter 96 hoaxes, Youtube 41 hoaxes, and TikTok 15 hoaxes," he said.

Indra said, so far the realization of the Riau Province COVID-19 vaccination, both for the first and second stages for the general public, including the elderly, has low progress.

"For health workers and public servants, it is quite high," he said.

Based on data from the Riau Health Office, for the achievement of COVID-19 vaccination for health workers, the target is 32,923 people, with the first dose of vaccination 35,225 (107 percent) and the second dose of vaccination of 32,257 (98 percent).

While the achievement of COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly was targeted at 582,505 people, with the first dose of vaccination 52,371 (8.99 percent) and the second dose of vaccination of 32,135 (5.52 percent).

Then the achievement of COVID-19 vaccination for public servants with a target of 349,418 people, with the first dose of vaccination of 444,919 (127.33 percent) and the second dose of vaccination of 257,995 (73.84 percent).

Finally, the achievement of vaccination for the general public is targeted at 3,452,440 people, with the first dose of vaccination being 252,642 (7.32 percent) and the second dose of vaccination being 115,259 (3.34 percent).

"If you look at the overall vaccination target for the four groups, the vaccination target is 4,417,286 people. While the realization of the vaccine until the second stage is only 437,646 people or only 10 percent," he said.

Indra said that many people do not want to be vaccinated because they have comorbidities (comorbidities), then it is made worse by the existence of hoax information.

He also invited leaders and public servants to socialize this vaccination program, in order to break the chain of transmission of the deadly virus. In addition to continuing to voice discipline in the 5M health protocol (prokes), namely using masks, washing hands, maintaining distance, avoiding crowds and preventing interaction mobility.

"Don't be afraid if you have comorbidities. Do we have comorbidities and don't necessarily get vaccinated. The health worker who determines whether comorbids can not be vaccinated will be examined, for example, if he has diabetes he doesn't want to be vaccinated. vaccinated also died," said Indra.