President Jokowi Requests Vaccination In Provincial Capitals To Reach 70 Percent In October

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JAKARTA - Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) requested more than 50 percent of the COVID-19 vaccine injection in all provincial capitals as of October.

"The provincial capital, if possible, will have had 70 percent of the first injection in October," said Budi at an online press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Monday, September 20.

The Minister of Health explained that currently 7 of the 34 provincial capitals have achieved a minimum of 70 percent of the first dose injection. However, Budi did not specify the 7 provincial capitals in question.

In addition, Budi also said that President Jokowi had ordered the administration of the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to be faster than 20 percent. There are two provinces that are still being considered by the central government, namely West Sumatra and Lampung.

Currently, continued the Minister of Health, there have been 75 million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and 45 million people have received two doses of the vaccine.

As for the number of vaccines in the country, the Minister of Health said, there were 190 million doses of vaccine, with details of 125 million being distributed to various provinces, regencies and cities.

"So there are 44 million that can be used for all provinces, all districts, and all cities to inject and this week we will send another 15 million," said Budi.

"So the total available stock this week that can be used by all regencies and cities is around 60 million doses. For comparison, from January to July, 70 million doses are available to be injected for 7 months," he concluded.