The Papua Provincial Government is requested to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination process in four clusters organizing National Sports WeekXX 2021, namely Jayapura City and Regency, Merauke Regency and Mimika Regency.
According to Deputy V Presidential Chief of Staff Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, this is as instructed by President Joko Widodo who wants the implementation of vaccination completed before October 2021.
"The president uses diction for PON i.e. "Gas and Brakes". This gas meansNational Sports Week is carried out with great joy and economic empowerment of the people, while the brakes are health protocols and vaccinations".
"This means that the vaccination process is one of the important things, in order to realize the successful and safe implementation of National Sports Week from COVID-19," he explained, during a working visit to Jayapura, Papua, reviewing the COVID-19 Vaccination, Thursday (8/4/2021).
He said, the key to the success of COVID-19 vaccination and the upcoming National Sports Week XX event is coordination from all parties, both central and local governments.
Therefore, he hopes that there will be intense coordination between the center and the region, in order to maximize the preparation for the implementation of National Sports Week in Papua.
Papua Regional Secretary Dance Yulian Flassy made sure to follow up on President Jokowi's instructions to speed up the vaccination process.
He has also held a meeting with National Sports Week Committee of Papua in the near future, to discuss the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination in the four clusters organizing the national agenda.
"The first of all maybe we record who will be vaccinated, especially the residents who are around the National Sports Week venue".
"Then identify the obstacles and problems faced in the field. So that at the time of its implementation there are no more obstacles," concluded Regional Secretary.