Asking For Vaccination In East Java To Be Accelerated, Jokowi: Quickly Spend Vaccine Stock!

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Twitter @jokowi)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo asked the provincial and district/city governments in East Java to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination. Although the current vaccination achievement is above the national average, Jokowi asked to continue to improve.

This was conveyed by Jokowi in a briefing to the East Java Forkopimda in Madiun on August 19, 2021.

"I have the figures, how many vaccinations are in each district and city. The dose in East Java is already quite good at 26.6. But actually it can be increased quickly in August and September," Jokowi said in a Youtube video broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat, Friday. , August 20.

Jokowi admitted that every day he monitors the stock of vaccines that have not been injected into residents and are still in cold storage in each region. Jokowi warned regencies/cities that still keep large quantities of vaccine stocks.

"Be careful, I'm following all of the stock. I know how much vaccine stock in Batu city (I) know, it's still 19,000. In Kediri, how many, you know, 4900, etc. that we have," Jokowi said.

If there are areas that run out of vaccine stocks, Jokowi asks the local government to immediately report to the Ministry of Health for re-distribution.

Given, he said, in August Indonesia will receive an additional 72 million doses of vaccine. Then in September, there will be another 70 million doses of vaccine.

"This is the right timing. Usually it's only 8 million 10 million a month, for 7 months we only get 68 million, meaning per month it's only around 10 million. This month 72 million, then 70 million, so spend it quickly. Don't let it happen. All of the vaccine stocks in cold storage, ladies and gentlemen, will be used up immediately," he concluded.