Indonesia provides elderly with drive-thru services for Covid-19 vaccination


A man wearing a protective mask receives a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru vaccination station, during the mass vaccination programme for elderly people, in Jakarta, Indonesia. - Reuters

JAKARTA, March 13 (Xinhua): The Indonesian Health Ministry has provided the elderly and workers in the tourism sector with drive-thru services to give them easier access to getting vaccinated against Covid-19 with shorter distance from their houses or work places.

For the time being, the drive-thru services take place only in the capital city of Jakarta and the tourist resort island of Bali.

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