Viral COVID Vaccinations Don't Press Flunger When Injecting, Karawang Regent And Kasatreskrim Intervene

Illustration-injecting COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: ANTARA)

KARAWANG - The Regent of Karawang, West Java, Cellica Nurrachadiana, asked for information from all health workers at the Wadas Health Center, Telukjambe Timur, Karawang Regency.

This step was taken by the Regent of Cellica following a viral video of an officer suspected of not pressing the injection flunger while giving COVID-19 vaccinations to residents.

The action of the puskesmas health workers went viral on social media and became a WhatsApp chain message. Information from medical staff to confirm anomalies in the process of injecting COVID-19 vaccinations.

"I, together with the Kasatreskrim of the Karawang Police, AKP Oliestha Ageng Wicaksana, immediately carried out a sudden inspection of the puskesmas in the Telukjambe Timur area," he said in Karawang, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, July 13.4

"We called all puskesmas officers to hear their statements, as a clarification of the viral incident," he said again.

The Regent conveyed according to the explanation from the vaccinator that he had carried out his duties according to standard operating procedures (SOP), and was sure that the vaccine entered the body of the vaccine recipient by using a new syringe.

After coming from the Wadas Health Center, Telukjambe Timur, the Regent then met with residents who received the vaccine, in order to get information from both parties. He also requested that the recipient of the vaccine immediately conduct a laboratory check.

"Of course we will give strict sanctions to the vaccinators if they are proven guilty. But on the contrary, if they are not proven guilty, there will be legal consequences and the case will be handed over to the Karawang police to be followed up on the truth," said Cellica Nurrachadiana.

Previously, the vaccination video in Karawang suddenly went viral on a number of social media platforms (medsos). The video recorded a health worker caught on camera allegedly injecting vaccine into a resident without being pressed the "flunger" to inject it.