Health Agency: Booster Vaccine is Not Yet Targeted for General Public

Jakarta Health Agency confirmed that the booster or third dose vaccine is still reserved for health workers and has not yet targeted for general public.   

Currently, booster vaccination are only being carried out in vertical hospitals for health workers

Jakarta Health Agency's Disease Prevention and Control Division Head, Dwi Oktavia TL Handayani ensured that information about general public who had been given booster vaccine was hoax.

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"Currently, booster vaccination are only being carried out in vertical hospitals for health workers," she stated, Friday (7/30).

According to her, booster vaccination for health workers can be given according to first and second dose vaccines or using Moderna vaccine.

"Booster vaccine has not yet been given to general public. It is still limited to health workers," she explained.

She asked public to be wise in the current pandemic situation by not spreading information that is not necessarily true.

"Let us help overcome this pandemic by not spreading false news or hoaxes that can trigger disinformation in the community," she asserted.

She asked people who haven't taken vaccination to immediately visit the nearest vaccination center thus herd immunity can be achieved immediately.

"Vaccination becomes one of our efforts to overcome COVID-19 pandemic. Although you have been vaccinated, we still remind you all to comply with health protocol in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission," she closed.