Healthcare workers to be prioritized during initial-stage vaccination

Healthcare workers to be prioritized during initial-stage vaccination

Jakarta, (UNA-OIC) – Indonesian state-owned (BUMN) pharmaceutical holding company Bio Farma confirmed that healthcare workers will be accorded priority during its initial stage of COVID-19 vaccination.

“For the initial stage of vaccines that will arrive and have already arrived, healthcare workers will be prioritized,” Bio Farma President Director Honesti Basyir stated during an online press conference here on Tuesday.

Basyir is optimistic that the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers would offer security and protection to those dealing directly with COVID-19 patients.

“Currently, the government is striving to protect health workers and those at the forefront or front-liners by providing the COVID-19 vaccine,” he confirmed.

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