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No fatal side effects from COVID-19 vaccines reported as fear looms among Indonesians
Most side effects from COVID-19 vaccines reported in Indonesia are only mild to moderate symptoms
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A vaccinator inoculates a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employee with the COVID-19 vaccine at the antigraft body headquarters in Jakarta on Feb. 23, 2021. (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
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any Indonesians are still reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine because of fear of possible side effects, but the country’s commission in charge of monitoring post-immunization accidents says no fatal side effects have been reported since the start of the vaccine rollout.
A survey, carried out shortly after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received his second dose of the vaccine, found that more than half of the respondents were unwilling to get vaccinated, citing possible side effects.
Pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia involved 1,200 respondents from across the country in the survey carried out in late-January.
It found that 32.1 percent of the respondents said they were somewhat unwilling to get vaccinated, while 8.9 percent others were strongly unwilling to get inoculated.
Another survey from Jakarta-based think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) found that about 40 percent of people in the capital were unwilling to receive the jab.
Around 15 percent of them cited side effects as the reason for their unwillingness, while 3.8 percent of others said the vaccine used in the current vaccination drive was not safe.
