Giving Vaccines With Different Basic Foods, JK: Don't Complicate It

Jusuf Kalla (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla (JK) reminded the Government that the provision of a COVID-19 vaccine is not the same as distributing basic food social assistance. So the mechanism for administering the vaccine must be fast and not complicate the community.

"I always say that vaccines are different from distributing basic necessities. When it comes to distributing groceries, people are willing to receive up to five times a day, for that it needs to be verified," said the 10th and 12th Indonesian Vice Presidents, while reviewing the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination. , in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Sunday, August 29.

As for those who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19, said JK, the public does not need to be complicated by registering online with the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) and having to get tickets.

"We have to check the distribution of basic necessities, but when it comes to vaccines, how come someone wants to be injected twice in one day. Nothing. No one wants to be injected twice a day, twice a month they are forced to do it," he also said.

JK said the government does not need to worry about the potential for fraud from the public to get a vaccine dose that exceeds what the public should receive.

"So (the government) don't worry that people will cheat later, there is fraud in receiving the vaccine dose. There is nothing like that," he said again.

Therefore, the Vice President asked the Government, in particular the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, not to complicate the acceptance of vaccines for the public.

"I have also conveyed to the Minister that what caused the delay was that the administration was too complicated. Abroad (citizens) came directly injected, finished, went home. There is no need to (register) online, online is only for proof. So there is no need for WiFi , do what," said JK as well.

Based on data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, as many as 34,702,821 Indonesians have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 61,222,258 residents received the first dose as of Saturday (28/8).

The government targets 208,265,720 residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine, in order to form communal immunity or herd immunity against COVID-19.