MANADO - The first dose of COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 6-11 years in North Sulawesi (Sulut) reached 74.85 percent.
"The vaccination target for children in North Sulawesi reaches 237,681 people," said Head of the North Sulawesi Provincial Health Office, Debie KR Kalalo in Manado.
The day before, the achievement of the first dose of vaccination reached 74.82 percent, an increase of 0.02 percent.
Meanwhile, the first dose of vaccination currently reaches 50.21 percent, previously it was 50.09 percent.
A total of five regencies and cities with vaccination coverage above 80 percent, Tomohon City, North Minahasa Regency, Southeast Minahasa Regency, and Minahasa Regency, while below 50 percent are Bolaang Mongondow Timur Regency.
The achievement of the first dose of vaccination in Tomohon City was 90.57 percent, while the second dose was 74.69 percent (vaccination target of 8,598 people).
North Minahasa Regency, the first dose of vaccination reached 84.65 percent and the second dose was 58.00 percent (vaccination target of 20,536 people). Southeast Minahasa Regency, the first dose of vaccination reached 84.27 percent, the second dose was 55.32 percent (vaccination target of 11,551 people). ).
The lowest coverage of the first dose of childhood vaccination was in Bolaang Mongondow Timur Regency, which was 49.37 percent, while the second dose was 26.95 percent.
Debie hopes that the strategy that can be taken to accelerate children's COVID-19 vaccination is a certificate of full-dose vaccine (dose one and two) to be one of the requirements for Face-to-face Learning (PTM).
Illustration - Health workers inject vaccines into residents at a shopping center in Manado, North Sulawesi, Thursday (14/4/2022). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Adwit B Pramono/YU
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