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Zone-based Vaccine Program to Focus on High-risk Clusters: Health Ministry

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Antara

14 February 2021 10:42 WIB

The Health Ministry's spokesperson for the COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Siti Nadia Tarmizi. Photo: Lukas - Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Health Ministry disclosed that the spatial clustering of COVID-19 vaccination that President Joko Widodo recently directed would be carried out by prioritizing residents in high-risk areas.

"So, we are considering the high-risk spatial clusters," the Health Ministry's spokesperson for the COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, told Antara in Jakarta on Saturday.

Tarmizi emphasized that not all areas in a province would be covered by the spatial clustering exercise as health workers would solely focus on those at the highest risk of contracting a coronavirus infection.

In a province with 19 districts/cities, for instance, if there are only three administrative areas that are at the highest risk for COVID-19, the zone-based vaccination program will be directed only at the three districts/cities, she explained.

Residents in red zones (with severe infection risk) would automatically be prioritized to get vaccine jabs, Tarmizi said, adding that a final decision on the standard operating procedure for the zone-based vaccination program is yet to be made.

President Joko Widodo had said earlier that spatial clustering of COVID-19 vaccinations should be carried out to create “immediate” herd immunity in the country.

The Indonesian government has been battling the global pandemic since announcing the country's first confirmed cases on March 2, 2020.

It has not only enforced restrictions on public activity in the Java and Bali Islands since January 11, 2021, but has also been conducting a nationwide vaccination program since January 13, 2021.

On January 26, 2021, Indonesia's COVID-19 cases crossed the one-million mark.

To reduce the country's COVID-19 infection rate, the Health Ministry has roped in the National Police and the Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) to carry out vaccinations and contact-tracing at the grassroots level.

Also Read: Health Ministry: Intelligence Utilized for Covid-19 Tracing, Testing

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