Accelerating Herd Immunity, 3 Ministers Review COVID-19 Vaccination for Cepu Residents at PEM AKAMIGAS

Cepu, August 22, 2021 – Pertamina's handling of COVID-19 continues. It includes the Government's acceleration program to achieve herd immunity by facilitating vaccinations with 3 Ministries, namely the Ministry of SOEs, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of State Secretary.

Vaccination activities for the people of Cepu and its surroundings were carried out at 3 locations, namely the AKAMIGAS Energy and Mineral Polytechnic (PEM), Dolokgede, and SMP 1 Padangan, Bojonegoro Regency, Central Java.

Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir, together with Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi and Minister of State Secretariat, Pratikno, took the time to conduct a direct review of vaccination activities at PEM AKAMIGAS, a vocational university in the field of mineral and energy resources under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, on Sunday, August 22, 2021.

In this vaccination activity, 15,000 vaccines are provided by the Government, through the Military Command V Brawijaya and the Ministry of SOEs.

In this activity, Pertamina facilitated 1000 residents to get vaccines at PEM AKAMIGAS. Pertamina also handed over 500 social assistance packages to the community, which was symbolically handed over by the President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), Nicke Widyawati, to representatives of the residents.

"As you can see, the attention and hard work of the Government in accelerating the national vaccination program so we can achieve herd immunity. We are constantly working on it and will continue to intensify it," said Erick Thohir.

According to the Minister of SOEs, vaccination activities involving the TNI/Polri, state-owned companies, and local governments show that the Government wants the community to be healthy. The Government's relentless efforts to run the vaccination program in efforts to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases must be positively responded by the community.

Minister of State Secretary, Pratikno also invited all parties to support the vaccination acceleration program, which is an important step for us to control this pandemic as well as possible.

"So, vaccination is one of the most important, of course, health protocols and other things that can reduce the risk of transmission and improve healing, we must also do it together. So thank you to all those who have worked hard to accelerate this vaccination," said Pratikno.

The Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, also appreciated the cohesiveness of the Regional Government, the Indonesian National Police and the State-Owned Enterprises, who seriously followed up on the president's directive to continue to support the national vaccination process.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Pertamina has fully supported the Government in accelerating the handling of Covid-19, especially in terms of health, including accelerating the national vaccination program to achieve herd immunity.

"One of Pertamina's supports is by facilitating the implementation of vaccinations throughout the Pertamina Hospital network and offices, both at the center and operational areas of upstream, refinery, downstream throughout Indonesia," explained Nicke.

As one of the essential sectors, Pertamina prioritizes vaccination for workers, families, and work. Currently, more than 106,000 workers, families, and partners of Pertamina Group have received vaccinations.**