Ganjar Is Overwhelmed By Public Vaccine Requests

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

PURWOKERTO - Central Java Governor, Ganjar Pranowo, admitted that he was overwhelmed to meet requests from people who wanted to immediately get a COVID-19 vaccination.

"I'm happy that until today people are so enthusiastic. In fact, we are a bit overwhelmed now", he said after visiting the Banyumas Vaccination Center at the Satria Purwokerto Sports Center complex, Banyumas Regency, quoted by Antara, Friday, August 6.

In fact, he said, currently many school children over the age of 12 have asked to be vaccinated.

According to him, this is because the children have longed to immediately undergo face-to-face learning at school.

"People (many ask, ed.) 'When, sir, when, sir', especially school children. The assumption is that if they are injected, they can go to school immediately", he said.

Ganjar admits that several regencies/cities in Central Java have now started pouring out vaccinations for school children.

In this case, he gave an example of the vaccination scenario carried out by the Boyolali Regency Government.

"Like in Boyolali, vaccines from the TNI and Police are used for the market, while vaccines from the district government are used for all school children", he said.

However, Ganjar reminded all regional heads to continue to prioritize vaccination for the elderly.

Ganjar expressed his gratitude to the Banyumas Regency Government for providing mobile vaccination services so that they can "pick up the ball" in remote areas.

"People in the village there also have the same rights", he said.