Jakarta President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has raised the COVID-19 vaccination target in Indonesia in line with the achievements of the immunization program, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said.

“Because we had successfully achieved the target, President Jokowi targeted all provinces in Indonesia to be 60 percent vaccinated in November and 70 percent of the first dose in December,” Minister Sadikin told Commission IX of the House of Representations during a Hearing Meeting on Monday.

In terms of the administration of the first dose of vaccination, Indonesia has been ranked fifth in the world, with more than 100 million people vaccinated, he noted.

Meanwhile, in terms of the total number of doses injected, Indonesia is among the top five countries in the world, with 200 million doses administered, he said.

“Until last week, we have injected 200 million doses,” Sadikin informed.

Indonesia administered the first 50 million doses within 27 weeks starting March 13, 2021, he said. Then, the next 50 million doses were provided in seven weeks starting August 31, 2021, and the last 50 million doses were delivered in four weeks, he expounded.

Source: Antara News