Booster Vaccination Recipients In New Kendari Reach 41,545 People

KENDARI - The Kendari City Health Office, Southeast Sulawesi said the coverage of the third or booster dose of COVID-19 vaccination in the area had only reached 41,545 people from 265,147 targets.

"The booster vaccination coverage in Kendari has reached 18.11 percent or 41,545 people," said Head of the Kendari Health Service, Rahminingrum, quoted by Antara in Kendari, Monday, June 6.

Meanwhile, the coverage of the first dose of vaccination has exceeded the target, now reaching 104.07 percent or 275,936 people. Then the second or complete dose has reached 72.67 percent or 192,673 people from the target.

The recipients of the COVID-19 vaccination per category in Kendari City included 5,795 health workers (139.6 percent) in the first dose, 5,382 people (129.66) in the second dose, and 3,850 people (92.75) with booster doses of the 4,151 target.

The recipients of the first dose of public officials reached 52,581 people or 139.07 percent, the second dose was 39,578 people (104.68), the booster dose was 15,815 people (41.83) from the target of 37,810 targets.

The coverage of the first dose of vaccination for the elderly group was recorded at 9,478 people or 55.62 percent, the second dose was 7,646 people (44.87), the booster dose was 2,087 people (12.25) from the 17,040 target.

The recipients of the first dose were general and vulnerable people as many as 148,384 people or 87.08 percent and the second dose was 101,818 people (59.75) and the booster dose was 19,753 people (11.59) from the 170.409 target.

Vaccination for adolescents reached 39,904 people or 111.66 percent of the first dose and 28,458 people (79.63) the second dose of the 35,737 target.

Furthermore, the first dose of vaccination reached 19,327 people or 51.74 percent, and the second dose was 9,439 people (25.27) from the target of 37,352 targets.

The local Health Office invites the public to participate in the success of the vaccination program as an effort to prevent the risk of being infected with COVID-19, which has not completely disappeared until now.