Students to get tetanus vaccinations

Students to get tetanus vaccinations

JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will give tetanus
vaccinations to about one million students of elementary schools
throughout the city next month, an official said on Monday.

Kamaludin S., spokesman for the administration, said in a
statement that the free-of-charge vaccination service would be
part of the national campaign to eradicate tetanus.

"The campaign is intended mainly for students of both state,
and Moslem and other private schools. Each student will get an
injection of diphtheria tetanus vaccination and another of toxoid
tetanus," Kamaludin said.

He said that students who had received the vaccinations would
get certificates, which would be given to them after passing
their final exams at the school.

He explained that the campaign was aimed mainly at protecting
students from the danger of tetanus, thereby helping protect the
next generation.

In Jakarta, the campaign will be conducted in 3,705 elementary
schools with about 973,740 students from first to sixth grades,
he said. (hhr)