Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – The COVID-19 Task Force reported that 61,011,471 people had received the third dose of vaccination or experienced a daily increase of 99,437 people from Sunday to 12.00 WIB.
As for those who have received the second dose of vaccine on Sunday, an increase of 22,894 people, bringing the total to 171,087,767 people since the vaccination program was launched. Meanwhile, the Indonesian population who have received the first dose of vaccine has touched 203,417,526 people or an increase of 20,322 today.
Those who have received the fourth dose of vaccination, mainly health workers and the elderly, have reached 401,979 or an increase of 21,253 people. The government targets vaccination targets for 234,666,020 people.
Epidemiologist from Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta (UGM) Bayu Satria Wiratama emphasized that vaccination coverage and the high number of testing are determinants of whether or not many people are safe to move from COVID-19 transmission.
“In Indonesia, the death rate is already low. We should appreciate that the vaccination program has been successful, although it still needs to be improved, especially in the elderly and vulnerable groups,” said Bayu.
When looking at the global situation, countries such as Japan, South Korea, the United States, Germany and Russia experienced a very significant increase in positive confirmed cases even though the vaccination coverage had exceeded Indonesia.
Bayu said that although vaccination coverage in several developed countries was already very high, the high number of cases was due to the assumption that the distribution of vaccines to each age group was not evenly distributed. (mhn/bbs)
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