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UPAYA PENCAPAIAN HERD IMMUNITY PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH MELALUI PROGAM VAKSINASI COVID-19
Anoa : Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Sosial, Politik, Budaya, Hukum, Ekonomi, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2022)
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 is a new type of coronavirus that has never been previously identified in humans. There are at least two types of coronavirus that are known to cause diseases that can cause severe symptoms such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Common signs and symptoms of COVID-19 infection include symptoms of acute respiratory distress such as fever, cough and shortness of breath. The average incubation period is 5-6 days with the longest incubation period being 14 days. The high incidence of Covid-19 has disrupted daily activities, one of which is communicating face-to-face, such as office activities, teaching and learning activities, or offline meetings conducted online (Humas, 2021). This pandemic is very detrimental to the people of Indonesia, including in the world of education. The obligation to carry out online teaching and learning activities will certainly have an impact on the physical and mental conditions of students. This can cause students to feel that there are too many assignments given by the teacher even though giving assignments is the same as giving assignments during face-to-face learning. The Covid-19 vaccination program for school-age children is an effort by the government to increase children's immunity so they can prevent children from being exposed to the corona virus, wherever they are, especially during the learning process at school. With the Covid-19 vaccination program for school-age children, it is hoped that children will be healthier and can be more guaranteed not to get infected with Covid-19 when they carry out the teaching and learning process in schools directly. So it is hoped that the Covid-19 vaccine program for school-age children will be a way out as an effort and solution to prevent children from falling behind in learning due to the pandemic. Because school is a place to provide learning, both academic and character for children.