KUALA TERENGGANU – The government will announce the action that will be taken against anti-vaccine groups either this month or next month, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
He said it is to ensure that the country can achieve herd immunity to curb the spread of Covid-19.
“We will study and conduct some research about this (anti-vaccine) group. We need to know the background, whether most of them are so sick that they are afraid to take the vaccine or they don’t want to take the vaccine because they don’t believe (in it).
“So, when we have analysed… if the percentage is very small, it is not worrying, but if it is large, we have to find a way, maybe by (making it) mandatory under existing legal provisions. It will be decided by the government within this month or next month,” he said.
He spoke to reporters after visiting the vaccination centre (PPV) at Taman Tamadun Islam here today.
Muhyiddin, however, said before any action is taken, the government will first look into factors that cause someone to refuse to register as a vaccine recipient.
He also did not rule out the possibility of making it compulsory for each individual to take the jabs.
During the visit, the prime minister urged more people to register for the vaccination.
He also said teenagers aged 16 and 17 will be vaccinated earlier, but that this can only be done after all eligible adults have been vaccinated.
Apart from that, he announced that Terengganu will receive 590,000 additional doses of Covid-19 jabs this month.
The Taman Tamadun Islam PPV, which started operating on Tuesday, can accommodate up to 4,000 vaccine recipients at a time and is the third integrated PPV in Terengganu other than the Gong Badak Sports Complex and Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin hubs. – Bernama, August 12, 2021
