Indonesia kicks off COVID-19 vaccination drive
President Widodo and religious leaders become the country's first recipients of Chinese-made shot
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) becomes the first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Jan. 13. (Photo: courtesy of Humas Sekretaris Kabinet/Jay)
Didacus Prajojo, a 53-year-old Catholic doctor, was ready to receive his first COVID-19 vaccine dose after getting a notification via a text message from the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
The father of three, who works at the Catholic-run Brayat Minulya Hospital in Surakarta in Central Java province, registered via an SMS and received an electronic ticket serving as an invitation to become a verified vaccine recipient. The next step was to fill in a form containing a set of questions, including ones about comorbid conditions.