Betting Lives for Vaccination on Small Island
As the world’s largest archipelago with a total of 17,491 islands, it is not a simple matter for Indonesia to distribute Covid-19 vaccines to remote areas in the country.
The Covid-19 vaccine is transported by speedboat to Seira Island, Tanimbar Islands Regency, Maluku, Wednesday (27/1/2021).
As the world’s largest archipelago with a total of 17,491 islands, it is not a simple matter for Indonesia to distribute Covid-19 vaccines to remote areas in the country. Challenges lie not only in limited infrastructure connecting islands, but also in health infrastructure and weather factors at sea.
On Wednesday afternoon (27/1/2021), the head of the Seira community health center (Puskesmas), Gerica Lenonduan, was preparing to depart from Seira Island for Yamdena Island in Tanimbar Islands regency, Maluku. Together with a nurse and Seira Security and Public Order (Bhabinkamtibmas) chief Brig. Donbosco Watkaat, Gerica was getting ready to deliver the shipment of Covid-19 vaccine.