BUKIT MERTAJAM, Nov 22 — A total of 1,696 Fire and Rescue Department officers and personnel throughout the country were infected by Covid-19 since the pandemic hit the country in March last year, with two recorded deaths.
“Those who were positive were not infected at their own fire stations but were community infections...most of them underwent quarantine at home as they did not have serious symptoms,” he told reporters after a department award presentation ceremony here today. Mohammad Hamdan said 98 per cent of the department’s 14,500 officers and personnel throughout the country have completed their vaccinations and 26 per cent have received their booster shots, adding that the department encouraged booster shots as it offered more protection to firefighters while they performed their duties on the field.
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