1.9 Million DKI Residents Have Not Been Vaccinated, Deputy Governor: There Are Many Choices, There Is No Reason To Wait Anymore

Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, highlighted that there are still 1.9 million residents of the capital city aged over 12 years who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Riza asked them to immediately follow the immunity program from the government. Because, he said, now there are many vaccine options in Jakarta.

"Nowadays, there are many vaccine options, from Sinovac to Pfizer. So, there is no longer any reason to wait or look for vaccine types. We ask everyone to participate in implementing the vaccine at the nearest health center vaccine center", said Riza at the DKI Regional House of Representatives Building, Central Jakarta, Thursday, October 14th.

While waiting for the rest of the people of Jakarta to take vaccinations, Riza admitted that the DKI Provincial Government is still conducting a sweeping data collection of residents who still live in Jakarta with data from the Population and Civil Registration Service (Disdukcapil).

Because he continued, some of the data on residents who were recorded as having DKI Jakarta ID cards turned out to have moved to other areas. They have not changed their population data.

"Indeed, from the existing data, many things are caused by Jakarta's ID cards but living in the area. The Disdukcapil conducts sweeping data collection, the Task Force as well, RT-RW also combs, that all people are vaccinated", he said.

Furthermore, he said that currently, 10,682,722 residents participated in the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination in Jakarta and 8,020,262 residents vaccinated the second dose.

Then, there were 1,331 active cases of COVID-19 in Jakarta with a percentage of positive cases or a positivity rate of 0.8 percent in the last week. The cure rate for COVID-19 in Jakarta is 98.3 percent and the death rate is 1.6 percent.

Due to the improving development of the pandemic, Riza asked the public to continue to strictly implement health protocols.

"Moreover, we are entering the rainy season, potentially the spread of COVID-19 could be faster. So we ask the public to be careful, lest we get the third wave as happened in several countries", he concluded.