Banda Aceh Merely 1,648,791 people, or 40.9 percent of the residents in Aceh province, had received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Aceh Health Office.

Head of Disease Prevention and Control at the Aceh Health Office, Iman Murahman, remarked on Saturday that the vaccination rate for the second dose was still very low as compared to recipients of the first dose that had been administered to 80.7 percent of the Acehnese population, or 3,251,138 people.

Murahman stated that the second dose of vaccination was currently being expedited for all districts and cities.

He explained that the Government of Aceh was aiming to reach the 70-percent target by December 2021 for the first dose of vaccination, but the goal was only achieved in early January of 2022.

Thus, residents, who had received the first dose in late December 2021 to early January 2022, could not take the second dose right away, as the second shot could only be administered 28 days after having received the first dose.

Source: Antara News