There are about 1.9 million health workers who will receive the fourth dose of vaccine.
The Indonesian Ministry of Health will carry out a second booster vaccination or fourth dose starting Friday, July 29, 2022. The priority group to be vaccinated against this fourth dose is health workers or health workers. There are about 1.9 million health workers who will receive the fourth dose of vaccine.
This step was taken by the Ministry of Health considering the development of Covid-19 cases in the world is increasingly worrying. In addition, there is a recommendation from the National Immunization Expert Advisory Committee (Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization/ITAGI) based on letter number ITAGI/SR/11/2022 dated 27 June 2022 to provide a second booster dose of Covid-19 vaccination for health workers.
In this regard, the Indonesian Ministry of Health through the Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control issued a circular letter number HK.02.02/C/3615/2022 concerning the second booster dose of Covid-19 Vaccination for Health Human Resources.
The circular letter is to increase support and cooperation between local governments and health service facilities providing immunization services, both government and private, in carrying out the second booster Covid-19 vaccination for health human resources.
It should be noted that the second booster dose of Covid-19 vaccination is given at an interval of six months from the first booster dose vaccination, where the implementation of the second booster dose of Covid-19 vaccination for health human resources is carried out at health service facilities and or at the Covid-19 vaccination service post. 19.
This second Covid-19 booster vaccine is a vaccine that has obtained an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Approval from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) and pays attention to the availability of existing vaccines. (Ministry of Health, antara)
