Indonesia to give booster shots to public from Jan 12 as Omicron spreads

Indonesia has fully vaccinated 42 per cent of its 270 million population.- Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 3 (Reuters): Indonesia will begin giving Covid-19 booster shots to the general public from January 12, health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Monday, as the Omicron variant spreads in the country.

Health workers were given booster doses in July and the plan now is to cover all adults who took their second shots over six months ago. Some 21 million will be covered under the booster programme this month, Budi said.