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PT ANGKASA Pura II (AP II) considers COVID-19 vaccination to be a game changer for the aviation sector in an effort to strengthen resistance to COVID-19 and support the realization of herd immunity in Indonesia.
According to AP II President Director, Muhammad Awaluddin, said as of June 18, 2021, the number of members of the AP II airport community who have been vaccinated has reached around 16,000 people, consisting of airport staff serving as aviation security, customer service, technicians, cleaners, public security personnel, partners. business, terminal inspection services, operators in charge, Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (RFFS), Apron Movement Control (AMC), ground handling, and so on.
“We thank the central government and regional governments for providing full support, especially regarding the availability of vaccines, so that the AP II airport community as public service officers can carry out the vaccination program well,” said Awaluddin in a press release, Thursday (6/24).
He explained that around 90 percent of AP II airport community members have been vaccinated, both for the first dose and the second dose. The current vaccination program is still ongoing so that it can further strengthen health protocols in the midst of a pandemic.
Of the 20 AP II airports, he continued, the most vaccinations were carried out at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, which reached around 12,000 people or 75% of the 16,000 people who had been vaccinated at 20 AP II airports.
Awaluddin said Soekarno-Hatta Airport has a vaccination center in Terminal 1A which is run professionally, so that it can smoothly carry out vaccinations for tens of thousands of people in the airport community.
“On 29-30 June 2021, the Terminal 1A vaccination center will again hold vaccinations for around 2,000 members of the Soekarno-Hatta Airport community. The Terminal 1A vaccination center in March 2021 was also visited by the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin,” he noted.
On that occasion, the Minister of Health admired the operation of the Terminal 1A vaccination center. The vaccination center for Terminal 1A Soekarno-Hatta Airport is currently being prepared to be opened to the public in order to support the acceleration of vaccination for the community, in line with the stipulation of airports and ports as one of the vaccination centers by the Ministry of Health. [antaranews/photo special]
