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Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross M. Jusuf Kalla said IRC was ready to help distribute the COVID-19 vaccination to all corners of Indonesia when the vaccine arrived in Indonesia.

Kalla said this during his presence inaugurating the arenatorium in Makassar, Thursday.

He said IRC had prepared around 230 blood donor units (UDD) scattered throughout Indonesia which functioned as vaccine delivery posts accompanied by thousands of vaccine workers.

Meanwhile, following up on the direction from the Chairman of IRC, the head of IRC South Sulawesi's Public Relations, Syahrul Rustam, said that based on reports that were obtained as many as 200 UDD were ready to assist in the distribution of vaccines in the field.

"Therefore, according to 'Pak JK's' instructions, one of the 200 UDDs is in South Sulawesi, out of 200 UDDs which are confirmed to have two UDDs in South Sulawesi that have operated, one of which is in Makassar while the other UDD is spread across 24 districts/cities," he said.

Based on instructions and directions from the Head of the Central PMI, all volunteers will be fully involved in the vaccine distribution process, but specifically for South Sulawesi, it will be focused on Makassar City through the local UDD.

"'Pak JK' has instructed the role of volunteers to be maximized, especially when distributing vaccines in each region," he concluded.

Regarding this readiness, Chairman of the UDD IRC Makassar Syamsu Rizal said his staff was ready to carry out their duties according to the instructions of the central IRC.

Moreover, this task is a noble task to suppress and prevent the spread of COVID-19 cases. (Antaranews)