Jakarta: After 50USD of the country's population has been fully vaccinated against the virus, Indonesia will begin administering Covid-19 booster shots, according to Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin. "Booster vaccination is a touchy subject when it comes to equality. There are still some countries that lack access to Covid-19 vaccines "At a parliamentary hearing on Monday, Sadikin stated.

According to reports, because Indonesia has reached 39% of the current second doses of vaccines, Sadikin said the booster would begin at the end of December, rather than the original plan of starting in early 2022. Booster vaccines will be given to the elderly with a higher mortality rate first, and then to the poor for free, while others will have to pay for their shots.

Outside of Java and Bali, the Indonesian government has extended its public mobility restrictions, known locally as PPKM, from November 9 to 22, citing a reduction in transmission of up to 97.5 percent since the second wave of coronavirus infection peaked in July. The restrictions in Java and Bali, meanwhile, have been extended until November 15.

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