JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK), Muhadjir Effendy said the government would take advantage of the Ramadan momentum to intensify the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination.
"So, during the fasting month, we actually use it to intensify vaccinations, both complete and booster vaccines. So, hopefully they are motivated to vaccinate, because they are going home," said Muhadjir Effendy, quoted by Antara, Friday, April 1.
According to Muhadjir, the momentum of fasting is supported by the permission to go home on Eid Al-Fitr by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, by requiring that the public must have complete vaccinations for doses one and two, as well as a strengthening vaccine for doses of three.
This was conveyed by the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture during the Coordination Meeting for the Preparation of the Eid Al-Fitr Homecoming 1443 Hijri during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Ministry of Transportation's office.
The Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture said the potential for going home based on a survey calculation from the Ministry of Transportation was 79 million residents. Therefore, it must be used to encourage people to voluntarily carry out vaccines as a condition for going home.
Muhadjir said the government's plan to place vaccination centers in mosques and target people who carry out Ramadan worship in mosques.
"We have held a meeting to discuss how to design the technocratic so that the momentum of Ramadan worship, especially tarawih, can be used as a moment to carry out massive vaccinations," he said.
The Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture said that he would coordinate further with related parties for the implementation of vaccinations in mosques during Ramadan.
"We will coordinate further with the Ministry of Health, Police, TNI, and the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI). Hopefully this can go well," he said.
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