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A healthcare
officer checking
blood pressure of
a vaccine recipient
before getting the
injection.
Credit:
Dharma W.
The vaccine itself comes from the Latin term Variolae from it. The viciousness of this virus not only knocked
vaccines cinae (cowpox). According to the official down the health sector, but also paralyzed the
covid19.go.id website, vaccines are substances that economic.
are intentionally made to stimulate the formation of
body immunity from certain diseases, so they can The invention of COVID-19 vaccine becomes such
prevent us from contracting the diseases. a relieve to cope with the unfinished pandemic
situation. COVID-19 vaccination hopefully will trigger
Today, 223 years after Jenner’s experiment, the body to create antibodies to fight the corona virus,
world’s citizens are again harmed by the COVID-19 considering that many COVID-19 control policies have
outbreak, caused by the severe acute respiratory not been effective in preventing new transmissions.
syndrome (SARS-Cov-2). The virus that first appeared
in Wuhan, China quickly spread and became a global The vaccination program immediately became the
pandemic. According to a Worldmeter report, as government priority. This program was marked by the
of August 7 2021, this epidemic has spread to 222 first injection to President Joko Widodo, on January 13
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countries, infecting more than 200 million people at the State Palace. A day later, Jakarta government
worldwide with death toll reaching more than 4 also started vaccination program, marked by the
million. injection shots to 20 officials and figures at City Hall
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on January 15 , 2021.
In Indonesia, particularly in Jakarta, COVID-19 has
infected 827,842 residents, of which 12,682 have died “The Jakarta provincial government supports the
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