Published on: Thursday, March 11, 2021
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Military health personnel take blood pressure readings on soldiers before administering the Sinovac vaccine at the Indonesian Army’s Raider 112 infantry battalion base in Banda Aceh.
JAKARTA: Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartanto highlighted the government’s target to complete the national vaccination programme by the end of 2021.
“The target is that 182 million people can be vaccinated by the end of this year,” Hartanto noted at the 2021 National Disaster Management Coordination Meeting here on Tuesday.
Citing President Joko Widodo’s directive, the minister remarked that 182 million people over 19 years of age will be accorded priority for vaccination.
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Screenshot of Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto at the 2021 National Coordination Meeting for Disaster Management.(ANTARA/ Zubi Mahrofi)
Today, about 160 thousand people are vaccinated per day. The next target will be increased to around 500 thousand people per day and then raised to one million people per day Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartanto highlighted the government s target to complete the national vaccination program by the end of 2021. The target is that 182 million people can be vaccinated by the end of this year, Hartanto noted at the 2021 National Disaster Management Coordination Meeting here on Tuesday.
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Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartanto, said he imposed the limitations due to the
COVID-19 infections rates on Java and Bali and the limitation of hospital beds available for patient care.
As reported by
Tribun-Bali.com, the Government is concerned that the national average for positivity is now at 14.2%, meaning 14.2% of all tests to detect COVID-19 yield “
positive” results for the presence of the disease.
Although Bali’s Government guidelines originally only stipulated the limitation of public movement in the City of Denpasar and Badung Regency, Bali’s Provincial Government has expanded the limitations to include Gianyar Klungkung, and Tabanan.