Boyolali Health Office Continues To Hold Vaccinations Even Though The COVID-19 Trend Is Declining

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BOYOLALI - The Head of the Boyolali District Health Office, Puji Astuti, said that the implementation of the first, second, and third (booster) vaccinations was still going on even though the active cases of COVID-19 in the area had declined over the past month. "Active cases of COVID-19 in Boyolali since April 19 Until May 24, 2022, there are zero cases, but the vaccination is still running according to public demand," said Puji Astuti in Boyolali, Wednesday, May 25. especially booster vaccinations, which still reached 23.73 percent. Although public enthusiasm for vaccination has started to decline, he said, there are still people who register for vaccinations and the average vaccination activity in this area is only about 300 people per day. also conduct socialization in conjunction with group activities, such as the appointment of prospective civil servants (CP NS) some time ago at the Boyolali Regency Government, by providing education to employees who had not been injected with booster vaccines, they could immediately register themselves. quoted between.

However, the coverage of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination has reached 862,454 targets or around 103.19 percent of the 835,772 targets. The second dose reached 797,420 targets or about 95 percent and 80.64 percent of the first dose and 68.78 percent of the second dose for the elderly. of the total target of 95,713 children," he said. Even though the pandemic conditions have improved and the government has ordered to provide concessions, he continued, community activities continue to maintain health protocols by wearing masks and maintaining cleanliness. /5) there was an additional new case of positive residents, bringing the accumulation to 28,970 cases. However, he said, one new confirmed case from Nogosari Boyolali was an asymptomatic person. "One new case of COVID-19, a man who was screened for pre-marital screening on May 23," he said. According to him, only one active case has no symptoms and is now self-isolating. Meanwhile, active cases are hospitalized and there are zero patients in centralized isolation. Boyolali is in the low risk zone and PPKM is at level 1.