Erick Thohir asks the public to pay for the Covid-19 vaccine themselves

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Minister of State Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir, asked people in the class to pay for the Covid-19 vaccine themselves.

Wealthy people can join the independent vaccine program. This was deemed necessary to make it easier for the government to vaccinate against Covid-19.

“People who are more skilled should be able to help the government also by paying for the (Covid-19) vaccine itself,” Erick said in a webinar on Tuesday (11/24/2020).

The former Inter Milan boss added that later the government will bear the cost of Covid-19 vaccination for the poor.

Data for disadvantaged community was taken from BPJS Kesehatan participants receiving government contribution assistance.

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“The government has issued two types of vaccines, first, government-assisted vaccination, one of which is for healthcare workers and all the people who really need it according to BPJS Health PBI data that have been paid for so far.” , said.

Erick explained that the initial target for the Covid-19 vaccine would be for people ages 18 to 59.

“I’m only informing you, in fact, for the initial goal of 18 to 59 years, try to get vaccinated. This is the initial goal, it does not mean that the initial goal is 67 percent who will try to be the main goal,” he said.

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