More Than 164 Million Indonesians Have Received The Complete Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

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JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) reports that the number of Indonesian citizens who have received the full dose of the vaccine has reached more than 164 million as of Tuesday, April 26 at 12.00 western Indonesia time.

According to data from the COVID-19 Task Force received in Jakarta, it was reported that the number of residents who had received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine increased by 156,473 to 164,180,156 people.

While the recipients of the first dose increased by 93,272 people, bringing the total number to 199,039,633 people.

The total vaccination for the third dose today increased by 352,847 people to 35,518,317 people. The government targets to vaccinate 208,265,720 million people.

Thus, it was recorded that the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had been given at 95.58 percent, the second or complete dose reached 78.85 percent and the third dose was 17.11 percent of the target.

Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, confirmed that the total supply of COVID-19 vaccine for all the needs of the target community in Indonesia is available from 5 to 7 million doses at facilities owned by PT Bio Farma, Bandung, West Java.

The Ministry of Health has also started distributing the Sinovac vaccine as one of the third or booster doses of vaccine. This is based on the recommendation for the provision of halal vaccines from the Supreme Court Decision Number 31P/HUM/2022.

"For this reason, people who feel comfortable using the Sinovac vaccine, we open up opportunities for the vaccine to be used as a booster vaccine," she said as quoted by Antara.