A Total Of 1,016,903 People In Indonesia Have Been Vaccinated Against The Fourth Dose Of COVID-19

Giving the second booster dose of vaccine or the fourth vaccination to health workers in Batam, Riau Islands Province. (Between / Batam Health Office)

JAKARTA - The Task Force (Task Force) for Handling COVID-19 said that the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia had reached 1,016,903 people as of Sunday (11/12) 2022. According to data from the Task Force received by ANTARA in Jakarta, the total third dose of vaccination in Indonesia has so far reached 67,506,011 people. Meanwhile, 17439,167 people have been injected with the second dose of vaccine to date. While the number of COVID-19 vaccination with the first dose reached 203,827,128 people. The public is advised to continue to apply health protocols such as using masks and washing hands with soap and running water, and immediately vaccinating booster doses or COVID-19 boosters. Previously, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin asked the elderly over 60 years old and health workers to immediately get a booster dose of both COVID-19 vaccines. "Immediately do a second booster, don't forget to use the IndoVac, it has proven to be very effective, no less than foreign production," Budi said at the COVID-19 vaccination event at the Bogor Presidential Palace as reported by Antara, Thursday (24/11). Meanwhile, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Dr.Mohammad Syahril in Jakarta, Wednesday (23/11), said that the elderly have a high risk of death factor if infected with the Corona Virus. "We urge people who have not been vaccinated or the vaccination is incomplete, so that it is quickly completed. Do not delay and don't be picky about vaccines, because the best vaccination is the vaccinations being carried out right now, "he said. The second booster COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly, could be given at least six months since the first booster was given, said MohammadSyahril.