KUALA PILAH – No means of transportation and a change of mind are among the reasons why Covid-19 vaccine recipients in the district cancel their appointments at the last minute, said Kuala Pilah District Disaster Committee chairman Mohd Faizal Abdul Manap.
Faizal said this was why 99 out of 270 vaccine recipients did not show up to receive the shot on the first day of the second phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme at the Dato’ Bahaman Shamsudin Covid-19 Vaccination Centre (PPV), Juasseh Health Clinic and Johol Health Clinic.
"Among the reasons given is that they do not have a vehicle, while we from the department have provided transportation for them, and there is also a fear of being vaccinated," he said after visiting the PPV here today.
The second phase of the national programme began on April 19 and involves at-risk groups, such as senior citizens, individuals with a history of disease (comorbidities) and people with disabilities.
Faizal said the district here recorded the second-lowest number of Covid-19 vaccine registrations in Negri Sembilan, with only 20,000 out of 73,000 residents registered to date.
He said the Community Empowerment Committee, in collaboration with the Village Community Management Council (MPKK), has been instructed to identify the residents involved so that they can be registered as vaccine recipients.
Meanwhile, sharing his experience of being vaccinated, senior citizen, Yusuff Abd Razak, 70, said while he was nervous to receive the shot today, he understood the importance of the vaccine, aimed at protecting not only himself, but others from Covid-19. – Bernama, May 3, 2021
