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JAKARTA, KOMPAS TV – The executive director of the Committee for the Management of Covid-19 and National Economic Recovery (PEN), Erick Thohir, revealed that the government will provide free corona vaccines to the participants of BPJS Kesehatan.
However, not all BPJS Health participants will receive the free corona vaccine.
According to the Minister of State Enterprises (BUMN), the free corona vaccine will be prioritized for participants receiving contribution assistance from BPJS Health (PBI). The number reaches 93 million people.
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“Free vaccines have priority for BPJS Kesehatan participants in the PBI category, totaling 93 million people,” Erick Thohir said at his press conference in Jakarta on Thursday (3/9/2020).
Erick explained that the free corona vaccine for BPJS Kesehatan participants in the PBI category was government aid. Erick admitted that he couldn’t confirm whether or not recipients of free vaccine assistance would be expanded.
“We explained that there are vaccines that are free assistance from the government, if the data will be expanded later or not, we do not know yet,” he said.
