123.82 million Indonesians vaccinated with first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

Jakarta (ANTARA) - As many as 123.82 million Indonesians have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Friday, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force has reported.

According to data received here from the task force, the number of people who have been administered the first dose rose by 972,403 people to reach 123,824,199 on Friday.

Meanwhile, the number of people who have received the second dose of vaccination or those who have been fully vaccinated against the virus rose by 1,000,088, taking the total number of fully immunized people to 77,687,838.

The number of recipients of third dose vaccinations, which are mainly being administered to health workers, increased by 5,587 to touch 1,156,371.

The Indonesian Government is targeting to inoculate 208,265,720 citizens in a bid to achieve community or herd immunity.

Earlier, the coordinator of the expert team and spokesperson for COVID-19 handling, Wiku Adisasmito, had informed that there are five provinces in the country where the second dose vaccination coverage is below the national average.

"The achievement of complete dose vaccination nationally is currently 35.5 percent," Adisasmito said while delivering a press statement on the BNPB YouTube channel, which was followed from here on Thursday.

Provinces where the second dose vaccination coverage is still below the national figure are Lampung (20.76 percent), North Sulawesi (28.81 percent), Southeast Sulawesi (20.31 percent), North Maluku (17.5 percent), and Papua (17.56 percent), he informed.

To boost immunity against COVID-19, the Indonesian Government launched a nationwide vaccination program on January 13, 2021. President Joko Widodo was the first vaccine recipient under the program.

The central government is aiming to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the Indonesian population by December 2021.