KUALA LUMPUR – Nearly 19,000 persons with disabilities (PwD) nationwide have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun.
She said almost 280,000 PwDs have registered for the shot under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
“This shows an increase and this figure will increase from time to time. We will continue to give priority to the disabled to get vaccinated so that the country will achieve the 80% herd immunity target,” she said after visiting a mobile vaccination centre for the disabled at the Selangor Cheshire Home here today.
Rina said that vaccinations for PwDs not only involves institutions under the Welfare Department, but private care homes and those run by non-governmental organisations as well.
On the vaccination programme at the Selangor Cheshire Home, she said 25 PwDs and 44 staff members at the care centre received their first dose of vaccine today. – Bernama, June 24, 2021
