Indonesia aims to vaccinate 181.5 million youth by March 2022. Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines are currently under investigation to be used among young people.
Quiz on Vaccination / Immunization
Vaccines serve the community by gifting immunity. They are administered to protect us from several infections that often cause disability and even death. Vaccines are also important for preventing and controlling infectious disease outbreaks. Vaccines are now available to protect against more than 20 potentially fatal diseases.
Vaccines serve the community by gifting immunity. They are administered to protect us from several infections that often cause disability and even death. Vaccines are also important for preventing and controlling infectious disease outbreaks. Vaccines are now available to protect against more than 20 potentially fatal diseases.
‘The Government of Indonesia has vaccinated more than one crore people in their country. Now, the country is stepping towards testing two popular vaccines among young people.’
While the Pfizer vaccine is approved for 16 and 17-year-olds in the U.S, Sinovac got its Emergency Use Authorization only at the beginning of June from the World Health Organization. As the highly transmissible delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is causing severe infections among the Indonesian youth, the country is investigating the potential usage of Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines in people under 18 years of age.
The country currently planned to vaccinate 181.5 million youth, who comprise about 70% of the country's population, by the first quarter of 2022.
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