1,831 Health Workers In Bandung Have Been Injected With The Third Dose Of The COVID-19 Vaccine

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BANDUNG - A total of 1,831 people in the category of human resources in the health sector in the city of Bandung, West Java, have received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Deputy Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana, said the injection of the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was aimed at boosting the immunity of health workers who are at the forefront of handling COVID-19.

"Health workers are vulnerable, they deal with the people they serve, they could be from the black, red, or whatever", said Yana, quoted by Antara, Friday, August 6.

In the city of Bandung, there are as many as 24,709 people in the category of human resources in the health sector who are targeted for vaccination, and all of them have received the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Meanwhile, the injection of the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was only carried out to around 7.4 percent of people in the human resources group in the health sector.

Yana said the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was injected into health workers in Bandung City using the AstraZeneca vaccine product.

Based on data from the Bandung Command Center, the total number of COVID-19 vaccination targets in the city of Bandung is 1,952,358 people, which includes human resources in the health sector, public service sector officers, and workers, the elderly, youth, and the general public.

A total of 897,940 people or 45.99 percent of the vaccination target had received the first dose of vaccine injection and 488,984 people or 25.05 percent of the vaccination target had received the second dose of vaccine injection.