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Held at the Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) campus on Monday, 13 September 2021, the Merdeka Vaccination was carried out for one thousand students of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang. This Merdeka Vaccination event was organized through the collaboration of the Indonesian National Police, the Special Staff to the President, the Ketapang Local Government, and Politeknik Negeri Ketapang. The opening of this Merdeka Vaccination activity was attended by Director of Politap Endang Kusmana, Deputy Regent of Ketapang H. Farhan, Chairman of the Ketapang DPRD M. Febriadi, S.Sos., M.Si, AKBP Yani Permana (Ketapang Police Chief), Lt. Col. Kav Suntara, SH, M.Sc (Commander of Kodim 1203/Ketapang), Lt. Col. Laut (P) Abdul Rajab Bodro A, M.Tr.Hanla (Commander of Lanal Ketapang), A. Alamsyah, S.H., M.H. (Head of the Ketapang District Attorney's Office), H. Rustami, SKM, M.Kes (Head of the Ketapang Health Agency), and Head of the Politap Student Executive Board (BEM) Sarimin.
In his opening remarks, Director of Politap Endang Kusmana stated that his institution welcomed the implementation of the Merdeka Vaccination initiated by the Politap BEM in preparation for lectures in the 2021/2022 Academic Year. Politap stands ready to work alongside all parties for future vaccination rollouts by providing facilities and infrastructure. Politap also promoted innovation in this event by utilizing an application to prevent excessive crowding and queues, ensuring that vaccine participants arrive on campus according to the schedule notified on their respective mobile phones.
Meanwhile, Ketapang Police Chief Yani Permana conveyed in his address that synergy among all parties is crucial to boosting vaccination participation in Ketapang Regency. He noted that the collaboration among the Ketapang Police, the Special Staff to the President, Politap, and the Regional Government represents Ketapang's contribution to Indonesia.
On this occasion, Deputy Regent of Ketapang H. Farhan also expressed appreciation for the organization of the Merdeka Vaccination held by the Ketapang Police in cooperation with Politeknik Ketapang and the Ketapang Regency Health Agency. “I hope that starting today, as vaccination continues, we will keep thinking creatively to develop strategies to accelerate vaccination rollout,” said the Deputy Regent. He also urged everyone to work together to overcome the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
During the Merdeka Vaccination event, the Ketapang Police also provided telecommunication voucher assistance to Politap students and social aid to the personnel involved in the vaccination drive.