Indonesia seeks to inoculate 181.5 million people, or two-thirds of its more than 270 million population.- AFP
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesia will start vaccinating people aged 59 and above against Covid-19 from Monday (Feb 8) -- earlier than planned -- after latest data showed that half of those who died of the coronavirus were the elderly.
The decision to speed up the vaccination for senior residents is based on the greater risk of health deterioration that they face when they are infected, said health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin in an online media briefing on Sunday (Feb 7).
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