Exhibition Of Indonesia Ranked 6th In World Vaccination Achievements, Minister Of Health: Initially Bullied After 10 Years

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JAKARTA - Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin showcased the achievements of vaccination in Indonesia, which ranks 6th in the world for the number of people who have been vaccinated.

Based on data from OurWorldData as of August 29, 2021, Indonesia has vaccinated 61.22 million people. Indonesia's ranking is below China, India, the United States, Brazil, Japan, and Germany.

"Indonesia, which was initially bullied, will have 10 years of vaccinations completed, so now it is ranked 6th in the world for the number of people vaccinated," said Minister of Health Budi in a virtual press conference, Monday, August 30.

Meanwhile, for the achievement of the total dose of vaccine that has been injected, Indonesia is ranked 7th in the world with 97.8 million doses injected. Indonesia is under China, India, the United States, Brazil, Japan and Germany.

"As of today, I just saw that we have injected 97.8 million. Hopefully, we can catch up with Germany," said Minister of Health Budi.

Minister of Health Budi said the government would increase the daily vaccination coverage. This is because President Joko Widodo has targeted 100 million doses of vaccination in Indonesia by the end of August. Then, if possible, vaccination per day could reach 2.3 million doses per day.

Initially, from January 13 to July 8, or for 26 weeks, the government had vaccinated 50 million doses. Then, 50 million additional doses are targeted to be completed from July 9 to August 31 or 7 weeks.

"So, from 26 weeks in the first 50 million, to 7 weeks in the second 50 million. Hopefully in the future we can add 50 million doses every 5 or 4 weeks," said Budi.

For the target of injecting 2.3 million doses of baksin per day, Budi targets it to be carried out in the next month.