Cash Social Assistance Recipients In Semarang Who Have Not Been Injected Are Asked To Take BST At The Health Center As Well As Vaccination

Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi/ANTARA

SEMARANG - The Semarang City Government will combine the distribution of cash social assistance for residents affected by COVID-19 with the implementation of vaccinations.

"Beneficiaries who have not been vaccinated will be directed to collect them at the puskesmas, while carrying out vaccinations," said Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 23.

PT Pos Indonesia officers will be placed in health centers to serve residents who will disburse aid.

The mayor, who is familiarly called Hendi, emphasized that the mechanism would not be applied rigidly.

"For example, if there are residents who have come but have not been vaccinated for health reasons, they can be submitted to PT Pos officers at the puskesmas," he said.

Another mechanism in the distribution of cash assistance, he said, is for elderly and disabled residents whose disbursement is carried out by officers by visiting them from house to house.

He hoped that the recipients of the aid would be patient in the distribution process.

A total of 113,000 families in Semarang City will receive cash social assistance through the Family Hope Program.

The assistance for the period of May and June 2021 is worth Rp600 thousand per family.