The Mukomuko District Health Office, Bengkulu Province, received an additional 21,060 COVID-19 vaccine doses of Pfizer for the elderly, public service officers, and general public in this area.

“We have received another 21,060 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since a few days back, and all of these are Pfizer brands,” Jajad Sudrajad, head of the infectious disease eradication and environmental health office of the Mukomuko District Health Office, noted in a statement received here on Monday.

Sudrajad remarked that some of the 21,060 vaccine doses of the Pfizer brand had been distributed to several health centers in the sub-districts of Air Rami and Ipuh.

He explained that the locations were selected since several of these public health centers were located far from the local district capital and their officers routinely conducted COVID-19 vaccinations in their respective areas.

Sudrajad also confirmed that his side had distributed the vaccines to 15 other health centers in the area.

Some of the vaccines became supply to be used during mass vaccinations being conducted, whether by his administration or other agencies in this area, he revealed.

Sudrajad stated that the remaining Pfizer vaccine doses were for the district’s stock that was used to conduct mass COVID-19 vaccination activities hosted by the national defense force and police force as well as local hospitals.

Sudrajad affirmed that his administration could not store COVID-19 vaccines in large quantities due to the office’s limited capacity.

On the other hand, health workers at 17 public health centers in the area routinely conducted COVID-19 vaccinations in their respective regions.

Indonesia has been actively striving to inoculate its citizens. The government aims to vaccinate 80 percent of the population by the end of 2021, and recently, they are also focusing on inoculating children under the age of 12 years.

Source: Antara News