In Jakarta, The Health Office Calls COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Booster Dossage Already 70 Percent

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JAKARTA - Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office, Dwi Oktavia, said the coverage of the COVID-19 booster vaccination or the third dose in DKI Jakarta reached 70 percent. “We have given vaccinations to 5.2 million (people in DKI Jakarta). Even though there are already 10.8 million people who have received the second dose of vaccination service, ” Dwi said in “talkshow ” which was broadcast by BNPB Indonesia virtually followed in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, November 22. Especially for the elderly (elderly) group in DKI Jakarta, Dwi also said that the booster dose vaccination coverage in this group reached 57 percent or around 431,000 elderly residents. Dwi appealed to the public, especially the elderly, in DKI Jakarta to complete the booster vaccine dose as soon as possible in the nearest place. He said that vaccination services in Jakarta are currently available in many places, not only in health facilities, so it can be more easily accessible to the public. "In some areas that are attended by the public, for example in several parks, at several events such as motorized vehicle-free day events on Saturdays or Sundays, we also open booster vaccination services," he said. With the third dose of vaccination, Dwi reminded that the vaccine is useful for maintaining the level of immunity against the COVID-19 virus. That way, if someone is infected with COVID-19, it is hoped that there will be no severe symptoms, no need for treatment in the hospital, and can undergo independent isolation easily and lightly. In general, Dwi views that the COVID-19 vaccine can have an impact on reducing the incidence of COVID-19 with severe risk and the risk of death. According to him, active cases of COVID-19 in DKI Jakarta currently reach 22.500 with the majority with mild symptoms. For patients who have just been diagnosed with COVID-19, Dwi said that people can take advantage of telemedicine services, which are still running through call centers at their respective domicile health centers in the DKI Jakarta area. “ For drug access, now other than as usual, it can be obtained through courier service assistance, but it can also be taken directly by the families of patients undergoing self-isolation to a hospital that has been designated for the medicine collection site, ” said Dwi.