Jakarta, Jan. 25 -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reviewed the implementation of COVID-19 booster vaccinations for the elderly and second dose vaccinations for children in Bintan District, Riau Islands Province, on Tuesday.

"We hope that the second dose and booster vaccinations can protect us from the transmission of the Delta and Omicron variant of COVID-19," he said, according to a statement issued by the Presidential Secretariat.

Apart from Bintan District, mass vaccination programs have also been carried out in a number of regions in the province, including Lingga District, Karimun District, Batam City, Natuna District, Anambas Islands District, and Tanjungpinang City, he noted.

He then lauded the high vaccination coverage in Riau...