So The Vaccine Suspect Is Empty, Nekes EO Gives Haru's Confession: 599 People Have Vaccinated, Sorry I Was Negligent

Health worker EO named a suspect (Photo: Rizky Adytia/VOI)

JAKARTA - A health worker (nakes) with the initials EO has been arrested and named a suspect in the case of injecting an empty vaccine that went viral on social media.

In his confession, the health worker did not have any bad intentions. He was simply negligent in his job as a vaccinator.

"I don't have any intentions, I purely just want to help volunteer to give vaccines," said the EO to reporters, Tuesday, August 10.

The negligence was due to not being fully concentrated. The reason is, in the vaccination process, there were at least 599 people who participated. Therefore, while holding back tears, EO also apologized to all parties. Especially to the families of children who have been vaccinated.

"I apologize to my family and parents for the children I have vaccinated," he said.

"And I apologize to all Indonesian people who have felt disturbed by this incident," he continued.

As responsibility for his actions, EO stated that he was ready to follow the existing legal process.

"I will follow all the processes that I will run, but I apologize," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the police had named a health worker with the initials EO as a suspect in the case of injecting empty vaccines at a school in the Pluit area, North Jakarta.

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus said that EO was suspected of being negligent in carrying out vaccinations. "So his negligence was indeed from the beginning that the person concerned had vaccinated 599 people so he felt he was negligent. But we are still investigating," said Yusri.

Based on the provisional examination, EO is a health worker who was asked to become a vaccinator. So that denied the news that said the vaccination process was carried out by people who were not professionals.

"This EO sister is a nurse who was asked for help," said Yusri.

"This EO is also classified as an injection or vaccinator," continued Yusri. With the appointment as a suspect, EO is suspected of under Article 14 of Law Number 4 of 1984 concerning Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases.