JAKARTA - More than 192 million Indonesians have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This figure was recorded in the data of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force until Sunday, March 6.
As reported by Antara, the Task Force's data showed that the population of Indonesia who had received the first dose of vaccination increased by 168,062 people to a total of 192,003,490 people.
The second dose of COVID-19 vaccination on Sunday was recorded to have been carried out on 147,858,311 people, an increase of 577,802 people from the previous day.
Meanwhile, residents who have received additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as a booster have recorded an increase of 462,140 people to a total of 12,405,103 people.
The government is trying to vaccinate 208,265,720 residents to achieve communal immunity against COVID-19, the disease caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 type of corona virus.
The Ministry of Health targets the implementation of primary vaccination, the first and second doses of vaccination, to be completed by the end of March 2022.
As of Sunday, the primary vaccination was recorded to have been carried out at 70.99 percent of the target.
The central government encourages local governments to focus on completing the implementation of primary vaccinations for all targets as well as booster vaccinations for the elderly.
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