PUTRAJAYA – A total of 68,003 individuals from the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry’s target groups will be vaccinated in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun, said they comprise 48,564 senior citizens who are members of the Senior Citizen Activity Centres and residents of institutions under the ministry’s supervision, as well as 19,439 registered persons with disabilities (PwD) who are also Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme trainees.
“I welcome (the move) and thank the government for prioritising the ministry’s target groups and frontliners, namely Welfare Department personnel, to receive the vaccine in the first phase (of the programme),” she said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, Rina also proposed that institutions for senior citizens and PwD managed by private entities and non-governmental organisations receive similar priority in getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will be carried out in phases starting February 26. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is set to be the first recipient of the vaccine, alongside frontliners. – Bernama, February 16, 2021
