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Independently Purchased Vaccines May Trigger Inequality of Access

The government\'s plan to allow independent purchases of Covid-19 vaccines is feared to trigger inequality and injustice in health and safety.

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Kompas Team
· 5 minutes read
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A health worker injects a fellow medical worker with a vaccine during a simulation for Covid-19 vaccination at Puskesmas Talun, in Cirebon regency, West Java, on Wednesday (6/1/2021). The first round of vaccinations in Cirebon will target around 8,009 medical workers.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The government\'s plan to allow independent purchases of Covid-19 vaccines is feared to trigger inequality and injustice in health and safety. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), groups susceptible to exposure to the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus must be prioritized for vaccination.

The Covid-19 vaccination drive has fallen behind targets in a number of regions. In Papua Province, for example, the inoculation of health workers has been running for four days as of Friday (22/1/2021). However, only 273 of the 5,406 people registered have received the vaccine.

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naranasrullah
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