4th Dose Vaccination Program, Polri Falls 10,362 Health Workers

Illustration of the COVID-19 vaccine for boosters. (Antarananews)

JAKARTA - The National Police deployed 10,362 health workers (nakes) from the Medical and Health Center (Pusdokkes) as the second COVID-19 booster vaccination vaccinator or the fourth dose.

"The number of health workers who support and are ready as COVID-19 vaccinators is 10,362 people," said Head of the National Police Health Center Inspector General Pol. Asep Hendradiana when confirmed, Tuesday, January 31, was confiscated by Antara.

Asep explained that the National Police were also involved in the implementation of the second COVID-19 booster vaccination according to the circular letter (SE) of the Ministry of Health Number HK.0202/C/380/2023 regarding the second COVID-19 booster vaccination for groups of the general public whose copies were forwarded to the National Police Chief.

Then the circular letter was followed up by issuing a telegram (TR) by the Head of Health Office to the ranks to carry out the fourth dose of vaccination.

"We made TR to the ranks to carry out the second booster vaccination," he said.

For the target of achieving the fourth dose of vaccination by the National Police, Asep said that his party adjusted the government's policy and the availability of the fourth dose of vaccine.

"Or it could also refer to the achievement of the first police booster vaccination as many as 14,335,789 people based on the PCare Polri KPC PEN," he said.

The second booster vaccination for groups of the general public is given free of charge, this service, said Asep, can be accessed by people in all Bhayangkara Hospitals in the region.

"Or you can also visit the National Police's First Level Health Facility (FKTP) and locations that are determined according to regional needs and coordination," said Asep.

Previously, the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) allocated 9.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to support the fourth dose of vaccination program.

The types of vaccines available include 138,185 doses of Janssen vaccine, 3,344,772 doses of Pfizer vaccine, 8,404 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, and 189,684 doses of Zifivax vaccine.

The rest are domestically produced Merah Putih vaccines, totaling 1,171,755 doses of InaVac vaccine and 4,528,570 doses of IndoVac vaccine.

The stock of vaccines purchased, which is now stored in a storage facility owned by the central government, he said, was 7,216,315 doses, the rest was 2,039,020 doses of the vaccine.