DKI Transportation Agency Will Open Booster Vaccinations In Seven Terminals

JAKARTA - The Transportation Agency and the DKI Jakarta Health Office plan to open a third dose or booster vaccination service at seven terminals serving the 2022 Eid transportation.

"It is planned that all terminals that are operated for Lebaran transportation will be carried out for the provision of booster vaccines," said Head of the Road Transportation Division of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Service, Yayat Sudrajat, in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Tuesday. April 19.

Currently, he continued, only Kampung Rambutan Terminal is ready to serve booster vaccinations.

His party will also involve the ranks of the service tribes in the terminal operation area to support booster vaccination.

There are seven terminals that serve intercity and interprovincial transportation (AKAP) in Jakarta, namely Pulo Gebang Terminal, Kampung Rambutan Terminal, Kalideres Terminal, and Tanjung Priok Terminal.

In addition, the assistance terminals are Lebak Bulus Terminal, Grogol Terminal, and Muara Angke Terminal.

The DKI Transportation Agency, he continued, will carry out a booster vaccination at the terminal at the Lebaran transportation post, which is planned to open on Monday, April 25 until the return flow on Monday, May 9.

During that period, he continued, there were also vehicle fitness checks and bus drivers' health checks.

"We have carried out vehicle checks and driver health checks since early April 2022," he added. For drivers, his party checks the driver's urine and physical readiness.

If the doctor recommends that the driver is not fit to go, the driver will not be able to operate the bus.

Previously, the Head of the DKI Health Office, Widyastuti, on a separate occasion asked residents or travelers to carry out booster vaccinations ahead of time without having to wait for it to be carried out at the terminal.

This is to anticipate the potential impact after being vaccinated while on the way.

"We hope that we don't wait on the day of departure, we urge residents not to get booster vaccinations because they want to go home," he said in Jakarta, Thursday (14/4).