PALEMBANG - The Palembang Health Service noted that as many as 229,404 residents in the South Sumatra area had undergone the third dose of COVID-19 vaccination. That figure is 22.98 percent of the total target.
"The third dose of COVID-19 vaccination in Palembang continues to increase every day, as of May 13 it reached 1,506 people," said the spokesperson for the COVID-19 Health Service of Palembang, Yudhi Setiawan in Palembang, Sunday, May 15.
He detailed that the total coverage for the COVID-19 vaccination consisted of 14,893 or 102.76 percent of health workers, 45,808 or 51.66 percent of public officers, and 23,238 people or 18.08 percent of the elderly.
Furthermore, 137,400 or 16.03 percent of the category of vulnerable and general people, 2,716 or 1.79 percent of teenagers, 53 children, nine pregnant women, up to 5,247 people from the mutual cooperation category.
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According to him, of the total target number of 1,412,064 Palembang residents, 85.75 percent or 1,194,576 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 1,013,393 or 71.69 percent of them have received a dose of COVID-19 vaccine. second.
Based on the Antara report, the vaccination achievement continues to increase every day in line with the incessant vaccination attacks carried out by the sub-district health centers, dozens of hospitals, and the Port Health Office in Palembang.
Yudhi appealed to Palembang residents who have not participated in the vaccination program to complete it immediately so that they can create communal immunity.
"All vaccination schemes can be implemented in all health care facilities, with the availability of sufficient vaccines," he added.
Meanwhile, he said, Palembang had zero positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 or zero as of Saturday, May 14.
"Compliance with health protocols should never slacken. Palembang is currently still implementing PPKM at Level three with low-risk spread or yellow zones for 18 sub-districts," he concluded.
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