It Turns Out That Many Residents Of Central Jakarta's Big Rice Fields Are Afraid Of Syringes

One of the residents in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, was forcibly picked up for vaccination. (Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI)

JAKARTA - Members of the Sawah Besar Sector Police and medical officers visited the homes of residents who had not been vaccinated in RT 01/02, Karang Anyar Village, Sawah Besar District, Central Jakarta. The door-to-door vaccination system has been implemented since Saturday, August 14, yesterday.

Kapolsek Sawah Besar Adjunct Commissioner of Police (AKP) Maulana Mukarom said this step was taken by his staff to accelerate the achievement of the target of independent vaccination on Tuesday, August 17. This ball pick-up activity had to be carried out because there were still residents who had not been vaccinated.

"We from the Sawah Besar Police visited the house with the sticker on. The sticker explains that the occupants of the house have not been vaccinated," said AKP Maulana when contacted by VOI, Sunday, August 15.

Furthermore, the Sector Police Chief stated that there were still residents who did not participate in the vaccine and were afraid of injection needles. However, with the arrival of police and medical officers who wore full personal protection, residents were unable to move. Residents were injected with vaccine liquid.

"There are residents who are surprised to see our arrival. But we explain and provide understanding that in the end they want to be vaccinated. There are also those who are afraid of injection needles," he said.

The police chief admitted that so far 80 percent of Sawah Besar residents have been vaccinated.

"Hopefully we can achieve herd immunity," he added.

According to Hasan, one of the residents who had just been vaccinated at the ball pick-up service, he was surprised when he saw the arrival of police officers and health workers at his house. After hearing the advice from the police chief, he immediately wanted to be vaccinated.

"I was surprised, yes, I was afraid of needles. But in the end I was (forced) to be vaccinated too," he said.