Receiving 5,000 Doses Of Astrazeneca, Health Office Mukomuko Geber Again Vaccines For The Elderly And Public Service Officers

COVID-19 vaccine storage warehouse at the Mukomuko District Health Office (ANTARA)

MUKOMUKO - The Health Office of Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province will receive an additional 5,000 doses of the Astrazeneca brand vaccine for the elderly, public service officers, including the general public.

"Today, officers from the Mukomuko Health Service took the vaccine to the province," said Head of Disease Prevention and Control Division of the Mukomuko District Health Office, Jajad Sudrajad in a statement at Mukomuko, Antara, Sunday, March 20.

The Astrazeneca brand of COVID-19 vaccine in this area has been empty for the past month, so the vaccination service using the vaccine has stopped. Meanwhile, the old Astrazeneca vaccine stock has expired since February 28, 2022.

Meanwhile, the stock of the Sinovac brand of COVID-19 vaccine is running low, remaining 460 doses and Pfrizer as many as 9,414 doses.

He admitted, the activity of the COVID-19 vaccination service in this area since the last month has decreased compared to before due to the limited number of vaccines in this area.

He said that with the addition of 5,000 doses of Astrazeneca vaccine, COVID-19 vaccination service activities, especially for residents who had received dose I but not dose II, were running normally as usual.

Meanwhile, he said that until now only 132,553 people or 80.72 percent of the 164,208 local residents had received the first dose of vaccine.

A total of 132,553 people consisted of 1,392 health workers, 86,741 public service officers, 5,762 elderly citizens (elderly), and 15,244 adolescents aged 12-17 years, 18,112 children 6-11 years old, and 5,302 residents received the vaccine. mutual cooperation.

However, from a total of 132,553 residents, only 83,931 people who have received a complete injection of COVID-19 vaccination, namely dose I and dose II, consisting of 1,236 health workers, 52,027 public service officers, and 3,927 elderly, and 10,663 adolescents. 10,783 children aged 6-11 years, and 5,295 people received the mutual cooperation vaccine.