SEPANG – MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) is intensifying preparations at the Advanced Cargo Centre (ACC), KL International Airport (KLIA) to ensure the smooth and orderly handling of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, which is due to arrive in Malaysia on Sunday.
“Our readiness to receive the vaccine is currently at 110%,” said MASkargo chief operations officer Mohd Zulkefly Ujang when met at the ACC here yesterday.
MASkargo, which is tasked with coordinating the process of receiving the vaccine at KLIA, has been conducting a series of training to ferry the vaccine at -70°C over the past five months to ensure the efficacy of the vaccine is not affected.
Zulkefly said every worker on duty on that day has undergone a course on vaccine handling.
He said MASkargo has the expertise in handling the vaccine because it has managed the receival of numerous types of vaccines daily, besides having a fully equipped facility.
“We receive numerous types of vaccines daily and the only difference is the temperature required for each,” he said.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Tuesday announced that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would arrive in the country on Sunday, with the implementation of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme set to begin in phases from February 26.
Muhyiddin will receive the jab on the first day of the programme, along with frontliners.
The first phase of the immunisation programme, which will last until April, will involve frontliners, followed by the second phase from April to August for high-risk groups, namely senior citizens aged 60 years and above and the vulnerable group with morbidity problems, as well as persons with disabilities.
The third phase, which will take place from May until February next year, is for those aged 18 and above. – Bernama, February 17, 2021
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