Wow, There Are 1,819 Doses Of Unused Sinovac Vaccine In Southeast Aceh

Archives - Medical officers display the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to be given to health workers at the Ulee Kareng Health Center in Banda Aceh (Irwansyah Putra/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Southeast Aceh Health Service stated that 1,819 doses of Sinovac vaccine were not used because the enthusiasm of the local community to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations in the early stages of its implementation was still very minimal. But there were indeed 1,819 unused doses of the vaccine. This means that it is not wasted, but is not used during the vaccination process," said Head of Disease Control and Eradication (P2P) of the Southeast Aceh Health Office, Sukri Manto, in his statement received in Banda Aceh, reported by Antara, Wednesday, September 15. In the implementation of vaccination in Southeast Aceh, the community is still not enthusiastic about giving injections. So that one vial of vaccine containing 10 doses for 10 people is sometimes only used for six people. “So the remaining four doses are not used. Because the shelf life of the Sinovac vaccine after opening one vial is only about six hours," said Sukri Manto. In addition, he continued, many people also visited vaccination centers, but were not necessarily able to inject the vaccine due to various obstacles, such as high fever, hypertension and others. "So, indeed there are remnants of the vaccine which after being injected into the vial, there is a dose that automatically cannot be used," he said.

For now, said Sukri Manto, vaccination coverage in Southeast Aceh has reached 32,484 people or 19.30 percent of the COVID-19 vaccination target of 16,728 local district residents. who plays an active role in picking up the ball so that public enthusiasm for COVID-19 vaccination continues to increase. “So vaccines are rarely wasted anymore. Especially now that the Sinovac vaccine already has a new package, namely one vial of two doses, so there is very little unused vaccine," he said. That's cumulative from the first time the vaccine was implemented to date. So we confirm this so that there is no misunderstanding as if we threw away the vaccine," he said again.