A health worker prepares one dose of vaccine in Palembang, South Sumatra.
ANTARA FOTO/Nova Wahyudi/hp.
Based on the estimated number of vaccinators, only five out of 34 provinces are expected to complete the program on schedule.
Another study indicates Indonesia will take 10 years to complete its vaccination program at the current pace.
Coinciding with its first pandemic anniversary on March 2, Indonesia’s Health Ministry announced it had detected two cases of a more transmissible COVID-19 variant in the country.
Failing to learn from its previous mistakes, the government has yet to issue any policy in response to the worrisome findings.