Puan Maharani Reminds The Government To Accelerate Vaccination Against COVID-19

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JAKARTA - DPR Speaker Puan Maharani reminded the government to accelerate the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination program to control the potential impact of COVID-19 transmission, especially during the year-end holidays. "Soon there will also be a New Year celebration, Christmas. Even though there are restrictions on mobility, there is still a significant flow of people. As a result, there has been a spike in cases," said Puan Maharani, quoted by Antara, Thursday, September 23.

This was conveyed by Puan in the vaccination and social assistance program organized by Bharatasena Akabri 1996 at SMKN 2 Tangerang, Thursday. The event, which was initiated by the 1996 Akabri alumni from the TNI AD, TNI AL, TNI AU, and Polri dimensions also participated in holding MSME training and Digital Transformation of Precision MSME Applications. Puan said, acceleration of vaccination in agglomeration areas needs to be done because based on data from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) and the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, one of the major sources of COVID-19 transmission is caused by population mobility. "Therefore, the acceleration of vaccines for this region must continue to be boosted as an anticipation from the upstream side," he said. -Last August. Because of that, he judged before In December, Jabodetabek as an area with very high population mobility, must have achieved communal immunity.

Puan also appreciated the activities held by the Police and the TNI to help accelerate vaccination, including the implementation of vaccinations in schools in preparation for face-to-face learning (PTM). I and the President went to Banten on Wednesday (22/9), the results were quite good with the vaccination, although there were a lot of shortages of vaccinators, the President asked the National Police Chief and the TNI Commander for assistance," he said. The private sector and he will help by pushing through the functions attached to the DPR. He thinks it is impossible for the central government to do it alone, and the TNI/Polri have done everything, but if there is no synergy from all parties, the acceleration of vaccination will not be achieved. 1996 Akabri alumni who have shown mutual cooperation through a number of programs, including the provision of social assistance to the community, which was held to commemorate the 25 years of service for the 1996 ABRI alumni for Indonesia.