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Government hoping to enhance Covid-19 vaccinations through schools

JAKARTA: Schools will be used by the Central Java provincial government to get more people to sign up for Covid-19 booster dose vaccinations.

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said by vaccinating children at schools, they can detect those who have not received their booster jabs within their families, according to the Antara news agency.

"Based on my conversation with students, many of their parents have not (been vaccinated), many of their grandparents have not (been vaccinated)," Ganjar said.

He said this here when observing the implementation of third-dose vaccinations at Purwokerto 2 Public Vocational School on Monday.

Ganjar said for this, the government will use schools as centres for third-dose vaccinations so that students can get the vaccine and the vaccination achievement can be accelerated.

He also asked all teachers to support the implementation of third-dose vaccinations.

"We can ask (the students): Have your parents (gotten the vaccine)? Have your grandparents? Have your neighbours? This means, in general, we will be able to know the condition," he said.

"That way, it would be possible to invite the community to get the vaccine so that booster vaccinations can be accelerated," he said.

Meanwhile, head of the Health Office of Central Java province, Yunita Dyah Suminar, informed that the booster dose coverage in Central Java has only reached 24.67 percent of the province's total population so far.

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