The Cilincing Sub-district Puskesmas, North Jakarta has started prioritizing the COVID-19 vaccination for its residents in densely populated areas.

There are 66,739 people living in densely populated areas in Cilincing who will get vaccines

It is compliance with the Jakarta Health Agency's Circular Letter number 5134/1.1778.16 dated on May 4. The letter says the agency will use Astra Zeneca vaccine for vaccination.

Cilincing Sub-district Puskesmas Head, Dian Anggrainy expressed the vaccine would be injected to people aged of 18 years old and over in densely populated areas in accordance with Gubernatorial Regulation number 90/2018 on Improvement of the Quality of Settlements in the Context of Integrated Settlement Area Arrangement.

"There are 66,739 people living in densely populated areas in Cilincing who will get vaccines," she expressed, Wednesday (5/12).

She mentioned that around 1,890 people had gone through the vaccination, with detailed 993 in Kalibaru, 544 in Sukapur, 275 in Marunda, and 78 in Cilincing.

Especially in Cilincing, it was held at SMPN 53 Kalibaru, RW 04 Kalibaru Post, RW 02 Marunda Post, RW 08 Cilincing Post, Cempaka 1 Sukapura Posyandu, Cempaka 2 Sukapura Posyandu, and RW 01 Sukapura Post.

Her agency deployed health workers to the location, consisting of doctors, nurses, vaccinators and administrators. Those who would get vaccines should go through having to fill out a health screening form, checking body temperature, checking blood pressure, medical screening by doctors, administering vaccines and entering data on the application.

According to her, vaccination was one of the government's efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 cases. People had to be disciplined in adhering to health protocols, even though they had been vaccinated.

"To achieve the target, we establish synergies with cross-sectoral and local communities," he closed.