KULAI – Some 126,000 people are expected to receive Covid-19 jabs daily, at 600 locations nationwide beginning late February.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said seven officers would be placed at each of the 600 locations to conduct the inoculations.
“Each of the seven vaccinators can inoculate 30 people per day, meaning for each locality or area, a total of 210 people can be vaccinated in one day,” he said when met by reporters during an inspection of migrant workers’ hostels in Jalan Seelong, Senai, here, today.
Dr Adham said first phase recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the end of this month until April were frontline personnel, which includes personnel from the Health Ministry, the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), the Royal Malaysian Police, and the Civil Defence Force.
According to him, the second phase which is expected to begin sometime in March, involves those aged 60 and above and other vulnerable groups.
“They have to fill in a form, either downloaded through the MySejahtera app, or we will get a task force to send it manually a week before the vaccination, so they (recipients) do not have to wait long at the vaccination counter.
“We only need them (recipients) to consent to the vaccination, and we will make sure that they will be given a proper schedule on when to come and get inoculated, and prevent everyone from coming at the same time,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dr Adham said migrant workers, especially doctors, pharmacists and dentists, would also receive free vaccinations.
“However, we will prioritise locals under the Covid-19 National Immunisation Plan first before looking at the foreigners working in other high-risk sectors," he said.
Meanwhile, the Tenggara MP also dispelled perceived delays in the government’s vaccine roll-out.
“Many people think there is a supply problem in Europe, but I guarantee in terms of the supply for Malaysia, that I have been able to secure the vaccine doses required for us to implement the immunisation plan,” he said. – Bernama, February 13, 2021
