Vaccination Is Still Minimal, Cak Imin Urges The Ministry Of Health To Collaborate With Community Leaders To Public Figures For Socialization

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JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the DPR for the Korkesra Sector Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar, asked the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) together with the Health Service and the COVID-19 Handling Task Force in the sub-districts to the neighborhood units (RT/RW) to play an active role in socializing the COVID-19 vaccination 19 massively.

This action, according to Muhaimin, who is familiarly called Cak Imin, is related to the results of a survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI). The survey shows that the majority of Indonesians or around 82.6 percent have not been vaccinated.

As many as 36.4 percent of them said they were not willing to be vaccinated because of several things, including fear of side effects after being vaccinated and considering the vaccine to be ineffective.

"The Ministry of Health needs to invite community leaders, religious leaders, traditional leaders, teachers and lecturers, to public figures from celebrities to be role models and invite the public to be vaccinated against COVID-19," Muhaimin told reporters, Wednesday, July 21.

According to him, this step can be done through mass media and social media, or explain directly to the public. Socialization, he said, could be done to groups who have not and refused the vaccine regarding the benefits, impacts, and side effects received by the body after being vaccinated.

"This way the public can understand and create a sense of initiative to be vaccinated," said the PKB general chairman.

In addition, Cak Imin also encouraged the local government (Pemda) through the Health Office to properly regulate the community vaccination schedule and ensure the implementation of strict health protocols.

The goal is to avoid buildup that causes people to be reluctant to come to vaccination centers for fear of being exposed to the COVID-19 virus while waiting to be vaccinated.

"The Ministry of Health and the Regional Government need to increase vaccination centers so that people have many choices of places, so that there is no accumulation and makes it easier for people to choose the closest vaccination place from their homes," he said.