UNS — The Chairman of the Board of Commissioner, Indonesia Financial Service Authority (OJK), Prof. Wimboh Santoso states that his party is ready to support the government to achieve herd immunity this year. This determination is expressed during the Wedangan Ikatan Keluarga Alumni (IKA-Alumni Association) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta entitled “Mutual Cooperation for Humanitarian Assistance IKA UNS Care for Covid-19. yang digelar melalui Zoom Cloud Meeting, Rabu malam.
On the Wednesday night event (21/7/2021), Prof. Wimboh states that “Specifically for OJK, including associations, we have registered numerous companies to its respective affiliated bank to be reported to get vaccines allocation from the Minister of Health, and finally get reported to the President.”
Even though, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that Indonesia can only reach herd immunity in 2022. However, Prof. Wimboh states that the President of RI Joko Widodo is determined to reach herd immunity in 2021. This can be achieved through collaborative Covid-19 vaccination like the one conducted by TNI and Polri. “The President wishes to speed up the distribution of 1.5-2 million vaccines through various channels. It will be difficult for the government to achieve this alone. Currently, it is difficult to distribute the vaccines to the community. Hence, the government synergizes all aspects of the stakeholders and regional government,” Prof. Wimboh states.
This became a special challenge for the government, this was aggravated with the challenge in Covid-19 handling. On the other hand, the average vaccination rate and the vaccination speed across Indonesia are uneven. Moreover, the 208.3 vaccination target can only be achieved if the daily vaccination rate reaches 1.4 million doses daily. “The synergy at all levels of community is needed, starting from the university, essential economics sectors, critical economic sector, and non-essential economics sector. Universities are welcomed, the link to get vaccines is no longer a difficult matter, as long as you have an identification card, you can organize a collective vaccination and get free vaccine allocation,” he concluded.
In front of the Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho, Chairman of IKA UNS Ir. Budi Harto, and the other attending participants, Prof. Wimboh reminded the participants that to achieve herd immunity, they must strengthen body immunity by exercising regularly, consuming healthy food, and vitamins. All those efforts must be completed by implementing strict health protocols, wearing masks, washing hands, and avoiding crowds. Prof. Wimboh adds that the community and companies should understand the importance of 3T, namely, tracing, testing, and treatment. The three items are the keys to reducing the SARS-CoV-2 transmissions, which recently soaring drastically.
“This is why the government will go all out to the point of establishing emergency hospitals. All institutions, communities, and entrepreneurs must follow the tracing mechanism when they tested positive for Covid-1. This protocol is the most people forget. In OJK, all staff is PCR tested. If there are any staff whose test returned a positive result, they must undergo self-isolation, and their current dirrect contact will be tracked,” Prof. Wimboh added. Humas UNS
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