Private Sector to Participate in Covid-19 Vaccination Program
Vaccination is a social, not individual, activity, as it is not intended to protect individuals or certain groups of people, but to achieve herd immunity to Covid-19.
President Joko Widodo gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th Kompas100 CEO Forum online from the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (21/1/2021).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – To help accelerate the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccines, the private sector is to be involved in the nationwide vaccination program. Under its new role the program, the government is allowing private companies to independently administer the free vaccines to employees outside the formal government program.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said the Covid-19 vaccination program needed to be delivered as quickly as possible to a maximum number of recipients. The program’s current resources, such as vaccinators, puskesmas (community health centers), and hospitals, are deemed to have sufficient capacity to carry out the vaccination program for one year, as per the initial target.