KUALA LUMPUR – Mobile Covid-19 vaccination units will be activated to inoculate senior citizens and other vulnerable groups who are too frail to go to vaccination centres.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said prior registration is necessary for the Health Ministry (MoH) to mobilise the units.
He said district health offices (PKD) will evaluate the initative, which is scheduled under phase two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
“Now we have mobile units which are part of the vaccination programmne.
“For example, we do not expect Orang Asli to come to us, we will instead reach out to them (for vaccination),” he said at the 3/201 Series of Covid-19 State of Emergency media engagement session held virtually here today.
Dr Noor Hisham said this is one of the initiatives to ensure no one is left behind under phase two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
This would meet the National Immunisation Plan of the Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee which aims to benefit all citizens.
The vaccinations are voluntary and free to everyone aged 18 and above residing in Malaysia, with the government aiming to inoculate at least 80% of the adult population by February 2022.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will be implemented in phases, with 500,000 frontline workers expected to receive the abs in the first phase from February to April, the second phase from April to August is for high risk groups, and the third phase for adults aged 18 and above will be from May to February next year. – Bernama, February 18, 2021
