Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – The Indonesian Ministry of Health reported that 44,099,737 Indonesians had received the third dose or booster of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Sunday at 12.00 WIB.
Based on the daily vaccination report from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force received in Jakarta today, it was stated that the number of residents who received the booster vaccine had increased by 188,452 people.
Meanwhile, 72,895 people received the full dose of vaccine, bringing the total to 166,837,615 people.
The Task Force report also stated that the number of recipients of one dose of COVID-19 vaccine increased by 39,277 people, bringing the total to 199,883,553 people.
In addition to announcing the latest data on recipients of the first, second and third doses of vaccine, the Ministry of Health also released a vaccination target of 208,265,720 people.
Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the results of a serological survey revealed that the antibodies of the Indonesian people this year reached 99.2 percent due to two things, namely vaccination and COVID-19 infection that occurred in survivors.
“This means that 99.2 percent of the Indonesian population already has antibodies,” he said.
He said the antibody levels of the Indonesian people had increased from the previous 500-600 to 7,000-8,000. Budi said this shows that the community already has high antibody levels so that it can reduce the risk of being hospitalized and dying when infected with COVID-19. (mhn/bbs)
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