LaporCovid-19 Says There Is Booster Vaccination For Officials' Families In Jakarta, Health Office Denies

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JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Widyastuti, denied the findings of the LaporCovid-19 coalition which stated that there was a third dose (booster) vaccination for the families of officials and officials in Jakarta.

Widyastuti said that the implementation of the booster vaccination carried out by the DKI Health Office is currently only for health workers.

"We, according to the policy of the central government, boosters are only for the team of health workers and their supporters," said Widyastuti in a statement, Thursday, September 9.

Previously, LaporCovid-19 received reports from residents that there was a third dose (booster) vaccination for the families of elite officials and officers in a private office in Jakarta.

Based on an invitation reported by an anonymous citizen to LaporCovid-19, this COVID-19 booster vaccination uses the Moderna type.

"Today we received a report of a third vaccine booster for the family of officials and officers at a private office in Jakarta, on Jalan Sudirman. Interestingly, the information should not be disseminated to other people," said Co-Initiator of LaporCovid-19 Ahmad Arif on Wednesday, September 8th.

Arif regretted the deviation of the third dose of vaccination for the public other than health workers. This is because the vaccine distribution is not evenly distributed throughout the region.

In fact, he said, many residents in the area and in the village who want to get a vaccine injection. However, vaccine stocks in the area are often empty.

"There is a process of using the third dose of vaccine secretly for the elite. On the other hand, people outside Java, in the regions, are having a very difficult time getting the vaccine," said Arif.

Arif considers this an irony. When there are reports of booster vaccinations to the elite, at the same time quite a lot of people have difficulty registering and getting vaccines. Therefore, he asked the government to seriously investigate this vaccination irregularity.

"In my opinion, these are things that must be followed up very seriously, because they involve moral issues and inequality or equity," he said.