Will Pursue 70 Million Vaccinations In August-September, Minister Of Health: Our Task Will Be Tougher

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin (PHOTO VIA BETWEEN)

JAKARTA - Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the government plans to vaccinate 70 million doses during August and September 2021.

"The biggest vaccinations will indeed come in August and September. This is our estimate, which is certain at around 70 million in August and September," said Minister of Health Budi in a virtual press conference, Monday, August 2.

Budi said that the burden of vaccinations that will be carried out in the next two months is heavier than before. In comparison, in January to July, the government has only vaccinated 90 million doses.

"Therefore, our task in August and September will be more difficult," said Budi.

The effort to accelerate this vaccination, continued the Minister of Health, will concentrate on areas that have the most COVID-19 cases and the highest deaths. The area is usually located in a big city which is located in one agglomeration area.

"So Greater Jakarta, Greater Bandung, Greater Semarang, Greater Solo, Yogyakarta, Greater Surabaya, and also Greater Malang, plus Bali. Those are the areas with the highest active case rate and the highest death rate," said Budi.

According to him, the government is focusing on risk-based vaccination. The reason the area has been targeted in advance is to reduce the pressure of transmission and the pressure of death.

"For example, the 7 Java-Bali agglomerations now in July we only inject 382,000 per day, on average. We have to increase it to 1.2 million per day for the 7 agglomerations alone," he concluded.

Meanwhile, until the end of December, the government targets to receive 331 million doses of vaccine coming to Indonesia to run the vaccination program.