15 Percent Of Teenage Vaccination In DKI Remains Due To Parental Permission Problems

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Jakarta, 25/9 (ANTARA) - The DKI Jakarta Health Agency said that the parental consent factor has left 15 percent of the achievement of vaccination for children and adolescents remaining. Whereas the COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-17 has been running since early July.

"Currently there are 15 percent of teenagers that we must encourage to immediately vaccinate. The reason for the data is still there, one of the reasons is the permission of parents who do not want their children to be vaccinated because they are worried about the side effects," said the Head of Disease Prevention and Control at the DKI Jakarta Health Office. Jakarta Dwi Oktavia quoted by Antara, Saturday, September 25.

Dwi said that from the data held by the DKI Health Office until September 24, 2021, there were 856,459 children under the age of 18 (12-17 years) who had received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Related to this, Dwi said that his party will continue to encourage these teenagers to be vaccinated immediately, including giving vaccinations to all people with Jakarta ID cards who have not been vaccinated.

One way is to collaborate with a number of schools in the capital city, to speed up vaccination of children aged 12-17 years.

"We will try to reach all students, including those with DKI Jakarta ID cards who have not yet been vaccinated. We will do everything in our power to ensure that teenagers, teachers and other communities who have not been vaccinated can be vaccinated immediately," he said.

Dwi hopes that these teenagers can get extra protection from the dangers of COVID-19. Moreover, the DKI Jakarta Education Office will increase the number of schools opened to hold limited face-to-face learning (PTM).

"There will be 1,509 schools that will be opened for Limited PTM," said Dwi.

It is known, until September 24, 2021, the achievement of COVID-19 vaccination in DKI Jakarta has reached 10.3 million.

Of this number, 7.5 million people have received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

However, 36 percent of the vaccination achievements were not residents with DKI Jakarta ID cards.