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Indonesia sets new daily jabs target. But experts spotlight lingering issues
The government has set up a new target of administering 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine shots per day in October, but experts called on the government to address fundamental issues, particularly improving vaccine access to vulnerable groups, before setting new daily goal.
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A man receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination program for foreigners in Jakarta, August 24, 2021. (Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
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he government has set a new target of administering 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine shots per day in October, but experts called on the government to address fundamental issues, particularly improving vaccine access to vulnerable groups, before setting new daily goals.
The target was set to meet the government’s target of inoculating 80 percent of the targeted population in the country’s national vaccination program by the end of this year.
Health Ministry acting director general for disease control and prevention Maxi Rein Rondonuwu said to reach the new target, the ministry had teamed up with the National Police, Indonesian Military (TNI), State Intelligence Agency (BIN) and Indonesian Red Cross (PMI).
He admitted that reaching the new vaccination goal within its targeted timeframe would be “a little difficult”, but added that in the effort to ramp up distribution capacity, the ministry had also cooperated with other institutions to open up more vaccination centers to the public.
"We're also cooperating with the House of Representatives, Financial Services Authority [OJK], banks, religious institutions and universities to set up more vaccination centers," Maxi said recently.
In September, the Health Ministry only managed to reach its daily vaccination target of 2.3 million doses twice, while the average daily inoculation rate stood only at 1.6 million doses a day over the same period.
Persisting problems
