News Forum - Indonesia to administer Covid-19 boosters once 50% are fully vaccinated

[Thaiger]

Indonesia has announced its plans to start offering Covid-19 booster shots to members of the public, as soon as 50% of its population is fully vaccinated. According to Reuters, the nation’s health minister made this announcement yesterday, and reported that he expects the program to get started by the end of this month. Indonesia was at one point Asia’s Covid-19 epicentre, averaging over 50,000 cases a day at its height, according to Worldometers. The country is the fourth most populous in the world with a population of 270 million people. So far, 29% of the population have been vaccinated.  Due […]

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[Jason]

Indonesia has truly been left out of the vaccination effort.....and western countries are only interested if Bali will be open....

[Manu]

11 hours ago, Jason said:

Indonesia has truly been left out of the vaccination effort.....and western countries are only interested if Bali will be open....

Another negative and vacinne-obsessed comment. Although only 29% vaccinated, they went in Indonesia from over 50 000 cases daily in July to 244 (7th November). But most of all, from over 2000 deaths daily in July to 11 deaths (7th November). That would be sooooo refreshing to get positive news (and forum comments?) once in a while, even when/if vaccines have not really much to do with these news. If Indonesia manages to give that booster to the ones whom need it, the ones dying from covid (no need to mention who they are again), surely one can tell that Indonesia is doing well then.

[BlueSphinx]

Wow, another major success for the vaccines!  With only 29% of its population fully vaccinated Indonesia seems to have succeeded in turning the covid-tide < see trend-graphs covid-infection & death > 

[Soidog]

28 minutes ago, BlueSphinx said:

Wow, another major success for the vaccines!  With only 29% of its population fully vaccinated Indonesia seems to have succeeded in turning the covid-tide < see trend-graphs covid-infection & death > 

That’s because it went in to localised lockdowns on July 1st. What you are seeing is the combined effect of lockdowns and introduction of vaccine. Nearly half the population have had at least one vaccination. 

[BlueSphinx]

8 minutes ago, Soidog said:

That’s because it went in to localised lockdowns on July 1st. What you are seeing is the combined effect of lockdowns and introduction of vaccine. Nearly half the population have had at least one vaccination. 

Thanks, I have updated my initial comment...  

> Wow, another major success for the vaccines and  lockdowns!  With only 29% of its population fully vaccinated (46 % having received one shot) and enforcing localised lockdowns Indonesia seems to have succeeded in turning the covid-tide...

[BlueSphinx]

5 hours ago, Soidog said:

That’s because it went in to localised lockdowns on July 1st. What you are seeing is the combined effect of lockdowns and introduction of vaccine. Nearly half the population have had at least one vaccination. 

Do look up the covid-infections graphs for India, Pakistan and BanglaDesh > they show an almost IDENTICAL pattern as Indonesia.  Seems that there is another factor at play than lockdowns and vaccine-introduction...

[Soidog]

2 hours ago, BlueSphinx said:

Do look up the covid-infections graphs for India, Pakistan and BanglaDesh > they show an almost IDENTICAL pattern as Indonesia.  Seems that there is another factor at play than lockdowns and vaccine-introduction...

I will, but we were commenting on Indonesia. India is certainly an interesting case.