Moderna Booster Vaccine Now Available In Jakarta, Here's The Location

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has provided a third dose or booster vaccination of the Moderna type. Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Widyastuti, said that the Moderna booster is intended for users of the first and second doses of vaccination who also use Moderna.

Widyastuti explained that the booster vaccine used was 1/2 dose of Moderna. They can register through the JAKI application.

"For recipients of the Moderna primary vaccine, it can only be boosted with Moderna as well. For this reason, people who have not been vaccinated with the booster even though it has been at least three months from dose 2, are encouraged to always update information and register immediately through the JAKI application," said Widyastuti in her statement. , Monday, March 14.

This booster vaccination service using Moderna is available at four locations. These locations include the Duren Sawit Hospital, which serves every weekday at 08.00-13.00 WIB with a quota of 200 registrants from JAKI per day.

Then, Tarakan Hospital which serves every working day at 08.00-13.00 with a quota of 200 registrants from JAKI per day.

Then, St. Carolus Salemba every Monday to Friday, March 21-25, 2022 with a quota of 1,100 registrants from JAKI per day. Furthermore, Kota Kasablanka Mall every Monday to Friday, March 28 to April 1, 2022 with a quota of 1,100 JAKI registrants per day.

Widyastuti emphasized that the booster vaccine has many benefits, including as an effort to maintain long-term public health, as well as health protection due to a tendency to decrease the number of antibodies three months after vaccination.

Booster vaccinations can also prevent death and disease severity, and fulfill the right of every community to access vaccines for the protection of themselves and the community.

"Booster vaccination is important as an effort to restore decreased body immunity and clinical protection, as well as to increase protection for the body in the current pandemic condition," explained Widyastuti.

As is known, the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccination can be given with the same (homologous) or dissimilar (heterologous) vaccine with previously received vaccines.

The booster is carried out with the condition that the person concerned has been fully vaccinated at least 3 months previously. For COVID-19 survivors with mild/moderate symptoms, a booster is given after 1 month of recovery. For COVID-19 survivors with severe symptoms, a booster is given after 3 months of recovery.