Hundreds Of Santri And Kiai In Yogyakarta Participate In Booster Vaccination

Vaccination in Yogyakarta/Photo: Antara

YOGYAKARTA - Hundreds of santri and kiai from various Islamic boarding schools in the city of Yogyakarta underwent booster dose vaccination at the vaccination service center held at the Prince Diponegoro Mosque, Yogyakarta City Hall complex, Tuesday, April 12. and at the same time increasing community immunity," said Head of the Yogyakarta City Ministry of Religion, Nur Abadi on the sidelines of the vaccination in Yogyakarta. A total of 380 students, kiai, and boarding school administrators underwent the third dose of vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine. The vaccination activity is the result of a collaboration between the Yogyakarta City Baznas, the Yogyakarta City Ministry of Religion Office and BIN DIY. Nur also hopes that the booster dose vaccination will make it easier for students and boarding school administrators when they later travel back to their hometowns to celebrate Eid. going to their hometown will certainly be safer and more comfortable because the students have received the booster vaccine. Santri also don't need to do an antigen test because they have been boosted like the travel requirements set by the government," he said.

Giving booster doses of vaccination, he continued, is also aimed at anticipating increased social interactions during Ramadan and Eid because high interactions have the potential for COVID-19 transmission. The hope is that when there are many Lebaran activities with lots of social interaction, students will have a better immune system," he said. Ramadan. “It is possible because there are travel conditions for Lebaran homecoming. So many people then carry out booster vaccinations," he said. He also gave an example, the mass vaccination service usually provides 700 doses of vaccine but only 300 people come. However, during Ramadan there can be 1,000 people who come even though the vaccines that are prepared are still 700 doses. "Acceleration This booster vaccination is also one of the efforts to anticipate the emergence of new variants of the COVID-19 virus, even though the symptoms shown are not more severe than the previous virus variants," he said. the symptoms shown are not too severe. "Even though they have been vaccinated, the implementation of health protocols must still be carried out. Wear masks, wash your hands and of course keep your distance as much as possible," he said.