COVID-19 vaccination program for elderly is intensified in Sukapura Urban Village, Cilincing Sub-district, North Jakarta. On March 1-17, as many as 639 elderly people or 25.6 percent of total elderly people in the region have participated in the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination.

Door-to-door service is carried out in turns in each RWs

Sukapura Urban Village Head, Abdul Rahman Hakim conveyed, his side uses door-to-door mechanism as an effort to accelerate vaccination. It means, his side provides transportation to facilitate elderly people to the vaccination locations.

"Door-to-door service is carried out in turns in each RWs. We deploy 2 operational service vehicles from Sukapura Urban Village," he added, Thursday (3/18).

Furthermore, his side also intensified socialization and education to elderly people thus they could understand the importance of COVID-19 vaccination.

"We go directly to them and convince them to be willingly to be vaccinated because it can improve their immune system against COVID-19. Moreover, elderly people are categorized as a group that vulnerable to COVID-19," he explained.

He conveyed that thanks to continuous socialization and education carried out by RT/RW administrators, PKK and Dasa Wisma cadres, many elderly people want to be vaccinated.

"Thank God, after giving explanation, many elderly people are willing to be vaccinated. Hopefully COVID-19 vaccination implementation in our area can run well, including for the second dose," he mentioned.