Jakarta: President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to step in to speed up covid-19 vaccination so that the vaccination target of 700,000 jabs per day in June and one million jabs per day in July can be achieved.
"The President has ordered the TNI and Polri to join hands in the vaccination program carried out by regional governments, to vaccinate up to 400,000 (people) per day," Minister of Health Budi Gunadi told the press after a limited meeting on covid-19 pandemic management on Monday at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, as quoted from the Cabinet Secretariat's website.
According to the Minister, 600,000 vaccinations per day will be achieved by regional governments.
Meanwhile, 400,000 injections per day will be carried out by the TNI and Polri.
Budi added that the President has also instructed his Ministry to ensure the smooth implementation of the vaccination.
Besides speeding up vaccination, Budi said, the President also stressed the importance of implementing micro-scale public activity restriction (PPKM) policy.
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