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         that when it reaches the residents, the vaccine is still
         in good condition,” said Widystuti.

         They also set the standard operating procedures (SOP)
         by following technical guidelines from the Ministry
         of Health: there will be several checkpoints before
         vaccination process, from the administration, data
         verification, health screening and then vaccinations.                Reaching Out
                                                                            by Vaccine Cars
         “It is easier now since the administration can be done
         through the app,” she said, referring to the registration
         process via JAKI. Residents who have registered via
         JAKI can just come to the vaccine centre.                    arious efforts have been made by the
                                                                      provincial government of Jakarta in achieving
         A Big Task                                             Vthe target for vaccination, one of which is to
                                                                launch vaccine cars to reach out more people to
         Doctor of Sociology at the University of Indonesia (UI),   get vaccinated.
         Tatan Hermansyah said mass vaccination was one of
         the things that must be done to stop the pandemic.     Since its launching on July 8th 2021 at the City
         “Vaccination is a big job. We must work together to    Hall, a total of 22 vaccine cars is currently in use
         make this program a success. The stakes are not just   to distribute vaccine throughout Jakarta, along
         today but the future,” said Tatan.                     with its complete crew. They targeted areas with
                                                                low vaccinated people. The schedule and location
         Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) researcher     of the vaccine cars are updated daily through
         Galuh Syahbana considered that vaccination             JakWarta on JAKI app and Jakarta Smart City
         programs are still attracting people’s attention. Some   social media.
         of them question the effectiveness of vaccines in
         overcoming COVID-19. “Knowledge on vaccines and        The vaccine cars will not target the Jakarta areas
         the education of vaccines indeed affect their trust in   only, but people who live in the borders of Jakarta.
         getting vaccination,” he said.                         Also, children aged 12 and over can register for
                                                                vaccination through these vaccine cars. That is to
         He admitted that the government of Jakarta has         say, all people who do their activities in Jakarta,
         provided education of vaccine since the beginning of   either they own Jakarta ID or not, are welcome to
         vaccination program. It’s just that in the future, public   have vaccinated by these vaccine cars. “With this
         needs to be reminded that vaccines do not free us      vaccine car, we hope people would have easier
         from the risk of getting infected but to reduce the risk   access to vaccine, whenever and wherever they
         of severity if infected.                               are,” said Triyani, one of the vaccinators of the
                                                                mobile vaccine car at Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.
         “Vaccines are not medicine. It encourages the
         formation of our body immunity to fight the virus. As   She said for residents who want to get vaccination
         long as there is no cure for COVID-19, vaccinations are   to register via JAKI beforehand, since the vaccine
         the right way to avoid COVID-19 along with complying   cars only bring limited stock of vaccines.*
         with health protocols,” said Galuh.                     sya                                        sya










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