The Ministry Of Health Will Supply A Maximum Of 1,000 Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To The 2022 Lebaran Homecoming Command Post

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) will supply the COVID-19 vaccination post on the Lebaran 2022 homecoming route for a maximum of 1,000 doses of vaccine.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Siti Nadia Tarmizi said the vaccine allocation depends on the size of the vaccination post.

"The allocation of the number of vaccines depends on the point of the homecoming command post. For large posts, up to 1,000 doses, small posts around 150-300 doses," Nadia said during a virtual press conference broadcast on the Indonesian Ministry of Health's YouTube, Tuesday, April 12.

Nadia said the vaccination post on the homecoming route was still in the preparation stage with the Ministry of Transportation and the Indonesian National Armed Forces and Police as the organizers of the activity in preparing a vaccinator team to managing the vaccine cold chain.

Nadia said a number of requirements for setting up a vaccination post included a location that did not have the potential to interfere with the smooth flow of homecoming traffic.

so we. If that's for sure we won't arrange it. What about the Ministry of Transportation and also the Indonesian National Police so that there are no queues?

According to Nadia, this time homecoming is predicted to double, so the main focus is ensuring traffic safety for travelers. In addition, ensuring officers and travelers are safe from COVID-19 because it is still in a pandemic.

"We don't expect queues or buildup, of course we urge the public to immediately vaccinate now, if we want to go home comfortably, don't get vaccinated when going home," he said, as reported by Antara.

Nadia said that each vaccination post will be equipped with an ambulance fleet that is on standby to handle participants who experience Post-Immunization Adverse Events (AEFI) and other incidents.

Even though it was held at the command post location, said Nadia, the vaccination still followed standard medical procedures, including the provision of participant observation facilities for 15-30 minutes to see the reaction of the vaccine on the participant's body.

Nadia advised prospective travelers who are experiencing health problems such as fever, dizziness or pain in certain parts not to force themselves to travel.

"If you don't feel well, you feel dizzy, so you don't feel comfortable going home. So we convey that vaccination at the vaccination post is actually a last resort," he said.

Nadia said the government had given information from the start that vaccination could be carried out long before going home with the hope that going home would be safe and comfortable.