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Sinovac Vaccine Protects Health Workers From Severe Covid-19 in Delta-Hit Kudus
BY :JAKARTA GLOBE
JUNE 20, 2021
[Updated at 06:39 p.m. on Sunday, Jun 20, 2021, add information about the government's vaccination program in the 16th paragraph]
Jakarta. Most of the 308 health workers vaccinated with Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine in Kudus, Central Java, a district recently hit hard by the novel coronavirus Delta variant, recovered from the disease last week, an encouraging indication of how the Chinese-made vaccine fare against the more infectious variant.
Badai Ismoyo, the Kudus district health department head, said administering the Covid-19 vaccine to health workers in the local area has proven effective in protecting them from the worst conditions.
"Today, 90 percent of health workers who are self-isolating can return to work and return to serving the community," Badai said in a statement on Friday.
"This is encouraging news. In addition, it also shows that the vaccine given to them is really effective in protecting against the worst conditions," he said.
As of June 12, 308 health workers in Kudus were tested positive for Covid-19 after treating patients with the disease in the region.
The Covid-19 spread in Kudus was rapid and massive, leading health officials to suspect that a new, more infectious virus variant had come to the region brought by Indonesian migrant workers returning from abroad...
Sinovac Vaccine Protects Health Workers From Severe Covid-19 in Delta-Hit Kudus
BY :JAKARTA GLOBE
JUNE 20, 2021
[Updated at 06:39 p.m. on Sunday, Jun 20, 2021, add information about the government's vaccination program in the 16th paragraph]
Jakarta. Most of the 308 health workers vaccinated with Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine in Kudus, Central Java, a district recently hit hard by the novel coronavirus Delta variant, recovered from the disease last week, an encouraging indication of how the Chinese-made vaccine fare against the more infectious variant.
Badai Ismoyo, the Kudus district health department head, said administering the Covid-19 vaccine to health workers in the local area has proven effective in protecting them from the worst conditions.
"Today, 90 percent of health workers who are self-isolating can return to work and return to serving the community," Badai said in a statement on Friday.
"This is encouraging news. In addition, it also shows that the vaccine given to them is really effective in protecting against the worst conditions," he said.
As of June 12, 308 health workers in Kudus were tested positive for Covid-19 after treating patients with the disease in the region.
The Covid-19 spread in Kudus was rapid and massive, leading health officials to suspect that a new, more infectious virus variant had come to the region brought by Indonesian migrant workers returning from abroad...