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View all search resultsJokowi demands vaccine road map in 2 weeks
The government is drafting a presidential regulation for the national COVID-19 vaccination program, with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo demanding that a detailed roadmap be ready within two weeks. But the lessons learned from previous immunization programs have experts advising officials to tread carefully and prepare for a bumpy road ahead.
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he government is drafting a presidential regulation for the national COVID-19 vaccination program, with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo demanding that a detailed roadmap be ready within two weeks.
But the lessons learned from previous immunization programs have experts advising officials to tread carefully and prepare for a bumpy road ahead.
At the start of Monday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, the President demanded that the national economic recovery and COVID-19 response team come up with a plan for the state to distribute vaccines as soon as they are ready.
"I demand that a detailed plan be ready within two weeks. [I want to see] the commencement date, the locations, who will carry out [the program] and who will be vaccinated,” Jokowi said, according to a transcript.
Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto said after the meeting that preparations for a presidential regulation on vaccinations and the accompanying national roadmap were already underway.
“There’ll also be a tracing dashboard [to determine] who needs [vaccines] and how effective they are,” he said at the Presidential Palace.
Airlangga, who also chairs the national economic recovery and COVID-19 response team, said the state had allocated Rp 3.8 trillion (US$255 million) for vaccines from the 2020 state budget and Rp 18 trillion from the 2021 budget.
