7,954 Elderly Residents In Central Bangka Have Been Vaccinated

KOBA - A total of 7,954 elderly residents in Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, have been injected with the COVID-19 vaccine, or 72.73 percent of the total 10,936 targeted residents.

Head of the Central Bangka Health Office, Dr Anas Maarif in Koba, Saturday, said the percentage of vaccinations for the elderly had reached the number above the target set at 60 percent.

"We have pushed for the acceleration of vaccination for the elderly with a pick-up pattern to anticipate being attacked by the Omicron virus variant," he said as reported by Antara, Saturday, May 7. .

"The government has prepared operational vehicles to pick up elderly residents. We have reached the national average and we will continue to intensify it this year," he added.

The local government has accelerated the vaccination program to establish communal immunity and anticipate the transmission of the Omicron variant.