18 thousand residents get second booster vaccine in South Kalimantan

Banjarmasin, S Kalimatan (ANTARA) - Approximately 18,000 residents of South Kalimantan had received the second booster or the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Head of the South Kalimantan Health Agency Dr Diauddin informed.

"Indeed, the realization is not as fast as the first, the second and the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine," he admitted here on Monday.

This is not compulsory for residents to get the vaccine. The program is only to encourage people to follow it for the sake of increasing immunity.

"So those who are aware of the importance of health in facing a pandemic still come to the community health center (puskesmas) for the second booster vaccine," he said.

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So far, said Diauddin, the achievement of the second booster vaccination was around 6 percent or 18 thousand people of the target of people who had received the first booster.
 
The coverage of the first booster in South Kalimantan in 13 districts and cities so far was around 24.85 percent, the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine was 68.99 percent, the first dose was around 84.34 percent of the total target of 3 million.
 
Diauddin said that the vaccine stock for the first dose to the second booster is still sufficient.
 
Meanwhile, data from the Banjarmasin City Health Office showed that the second booster vaccination had been administered to 5,184 people or 9.88 percent.

The realization of the second booster in Banjarmasin was the highest for health workers reaching 57.53 percent, while the elderly was around 3.21 percent.

Currently, cases of COVID-19 in general in South Kalimantan have been very low. The patient treated are two, namely from Banjar and Kotabaru Districts.
 
The total number of COVID-19 cases in South Kalimantan during the pandemic since March 2020 was 88,925 people, 86,324 people recovered and 2,599 people died.

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