Over 200,000 PwDs register for Covid-19 vaccination

PETALING JAYA – A total of 240,991 persons with disabilities (PwDs) have registered for the Covid-19 vaccination via the MySejahtera app, and 10,229 of them have received the first dose.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun, however, said the number of registrations is still low compared with the 600,000 PwDs registered with the Social Welfare Department.

“We will continue to work so that this number will continue to increase and the disabled will not be left behind in the vaccination drive,” she said during a visit to the drive-through vaccination centre (PPV) for the disabled and their caregivers at Sime Darby Plantation Bhd here today.

Present was OKU Sentral president Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi.

Rina said the drive-through PPV for PwDs is the first of its kind in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, and is the result of collaboration between the ministry, OKU Sentral and Sime Darby Plantation.

The PPV aims to vaccinate 16,000 disabled people and their caregivers in a programme scheduled until October.

Rina said the ministry also welcomes any collaboration with corporate companies to set up PPVs to facilitate and expedite vaccination among the disabled community.

She said there are requests for similar PPVs to be opened in other states, adding that the ministry will discuss the matter with interested corporate companies. – Bernama, June 16, 2021