People line up for registration before receiving booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, March 24, 2022. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)
JAKARTA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Thursday confirmed 5,808 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,986,830, the country's Health Ministry said.
According to the ministry, the death toll from the coronavirus in the country rose by 122 to 154,343, while 18,272 more people recovered during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,676,510.
As the Indonesian government is accelerating its national vaccination program to curb the spread of the virus, more than 195.36 million people have received their first dose of vaccines, while over 156.33 million have taken the second dose.
Indonesia started mass COVID-19 vaccinations in January last year after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
Aiming to fully vaccinate 208.26 million people in the country, the government has administered over 369.85 million doses of vaccines, including the third booster jabs. ■
A health worker inoculates a woman with a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, March 24, 2022. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)
A health worker inoculates a man with a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, March 24, 2022. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)