KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Laden with an icebox, needles, personal protective equipment and other items, the team of volunteers and medical officers stepped out of their van on a narrow kampung road in Beranang, Selangor, one hot Tuesday morning recently.
The success of the programme means expansion to other hard-to-reach communities, such as those in the interior, the Orang Asli, the stateless and refugees. He and the medical assistant then reconstituted the vaccine. The vaccine has a shelf life of two hours at room temperature, and they had no time to waste. After giving the family their shots, the team updated their vaccine status on the JKM database and monitored the recipients for 15 minutes for any adverse reaction.The houses in Beranang and Semenyih are set far apart and the common mode of transport is the motorcycle.
Malaysia plans to vaccinate at least 80 per cent of adults, including non-citizens, in order to return to a semblance of normal. “In an ideal world, we can allow people to register on the spot and vaccinate without being too thorough with the documentation,” said Datuk Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, president of Mercy Malaysia.
Government agencies and NGOs are currently reaching out to people in the interior, Orang Asli villages and rural areas to create awareness and register them for the vaccine. Mobile vaccination sites have also been deployed to these areas to administer the shots.
Khairykj Why do we keep coming up with ways to vaccinate people who don't even bother to register when there're millions who registered are not even jabbed? A 50 smthg woman I know registered togthr wif her 25yo daugter in Feb. Her girl got jabbed last wk. Mother still waiting
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