Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has forecast that the
Covid-19 vaccination will be distributed to 70% of Bali population by June
2021.
According to Koster, Bali has become the province that
will get the most Covid-19 vaccinations in Indonesia, since the central
government has already delivered 2.6 million doses of the vaccine to the
province.
“We've already provided Covid-19 vaccinations to
around 1.3 million Bali residents, which means we've met 45 percent of our aim
of vaccinating 3 million individuals on the island.” Koster stated.
As he previously indicated, the Bali province
administration hopes to reach herd immunity by distributing the Covid-19
vaccine to at least 70% of its population before the international traffic
corridor reopens in July 2021.
“This vaccination campaign is one of our measures to
help the island's tourism sector recover from the crisis.
For the time being, we are concentrating on providing
the vaccination through authorities from each village on Bali.” Koster added.
Meanwhile, I Dewa Gede Rai, spokesman for the Denpasar
Covid-19 Handling Task Force, advised people to continue following preventative
procedures notwithstanding the vaccination campaign in the Denpasar area.
As of Monday (24/5), the local authorities has
received 19 new cases of Covid-19, with 30 recoveries and zero fatalities.
“Despite the fact that the number of Covid-19 cases in Denpasar has dropped
following vaccination, people must remain vigilant in order to avoid new cases
from emerging.” Gede Rai concluded