Full vaccination coverage among people of 60 years and older has only reached 15.8 per cent, the lowest of all three priority groups in Indonesia.
- AFP
Eight months into its massive inoculation campaign, full vaccination coverage among people of 60 years and older has only reached 15.8%, the lowest of all three priority groups in Indonesia that include health workers and public officials. Fear of side effects, lack of mobility and support from family members, as well as disinformation are the main reasons for the low ratio, according to health ministry data.
The government will go door-to-door to increase participation and offer free transportation to nearby vaccination booths, said Siti Nadia Tarmizi, spokesperson for the nation’s Covid-19 task force. South-East Asia’s largest economy has been topping the world’s tally of daily Covid-19 deaths with more than 1,000 fatality recorded every day since mid-July.
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