Giving a Chance to the Vulnerable

Vulnerable groups such as sex workers lack access to Covid-19 vaccination. Their inclusion in the program requires hard work from the volunteers.

Syailendra Persada

December 27, 2021

DOCTOR Jacoba Nugrahaningtyas Wahjuning Utami repeatedly asked 35 sex workers from the Bong Suwung red light district in Yogyakarta to have some rest before receiving their Covid-19 vaccine. Back then in early September, Tyas—as the doctor is usually called—was about to give them the jab, but unable to do so immediately because of, among others reasons, their high blood pressure of above 180/110 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), beyond th

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