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Social media influencers among the first to receive vaccines in Indonesia
- Friday | 15th January, 2021
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Among the first in the queue for coronavirus vaccines in Indonesia has been one conspicuous group – social media influencers. Senior health ministry official, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said the decision to include influencers alongside almost 1.5 million healthcare workers in the first round of inoculations was a deliberate government communications strategy. Indonesians are among the top global users of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. However the decision to include social media influencers on the priority list backfired somewhat when photos of Raffi showed him partying hours after he was given the injection – which does not confer immediate immunity. The images of him unmasked and flouting social distancing protocols with a group of friends drew criticism on social media, with calls for him to set a better example.
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