Banten Governor Injected With Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine

Banten Governor Wahidin Halim receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine using the Pfizer vaccine/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - Banten Governor Wahidin Halim received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine using the Pfizer vaccine at his residence.

The first dose of the Pfizer vaccine was administered by the vaccinator of the Banten Provincial Health Office.

Before receiving the vaccine injection, Governor Wahidin underwent a first check, starting from checking body temperature to checking blood pressure and everything was normal.

"Hopefully, vaccination is one of the efforts to prevent COVID-19," said Governor Wahidin, quoted by Antara, Thursday, August 24.

After receiving the vaccine injection, Governor Wahidin admitted that he was normal, did not feel any complaints.

Meanwhile, data from the Banten Provincial Health Office as of August 22, 2021, the target for COVID-19 vaccination in Banten Province is 9,229,383 people.

The implementation of the 1 (first) dose of COVID-19 vaccination has reached 26.18 percent or 2,416,414 targets. For the 2 (second) dose of COVID-19 vaccination, the coverage reached 13.51 percent or 1,246,616 people.

Meanwhile, the 3 (third) dose of COVUS-19 vaccination has reached 17,022 targets or 37.36 percent of 45,566 health workers.