AUTHOR: No author available SECTION: LOCAL NEWS PAGE: 3 PRINTED SIZE: 324.00cm² REGION: KL MARKET: Malaysia PHOTO: Full Color ASR: MYR 11,126.00 ITEM ID: MY0042912802 22 FEB, 2021 571,802 frontliners registered for vaccination New Straits Times, Malaysia Page 1 of 2 571,802 frontliners registered for vaccination KUALA LUMPUR: A total of important phase —mass vacci- 571,802 frontliners have regis- nation —in the fight against tered to receive the Covid-19 in- C ovid-19. oculation, said Science, Technol- “While continuing with the 3- ogy and Innovation Minister Ts strategy of Testing, Tracing Khairy Jamaluddin. and Treatment in our fight He said 57.3 per cent were against the Covid-19 pandemic, health and medical personnel the mass vaccination programme from the Health Ministry, and gives us hope that we can be on 42.7 per cent comprised non- the road to recovery.” health personnel from the armed In Johor Baru, Health Minister forces, Fire and Rescue Depart- Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said ment, police,People’s Volunteer the vaccination would be carried Corps (Rela), Prisons Depart- out in stages beginning this ment, Customs Department, Im- week. He said 54 vaccination cen- migration Department, Welfare tres and four vaccine storage cen- Department and others. tres had been identified in Johor. The first phase, tobe conduct- The statehad 73,710 doses of ed between this month and April, the vaccines delivered to the stor- will involve frontline age centres yesterday. workers, including healthcare In Ipoh, the Perak government practitioners and security forces, is expectedto receive 79,560 dos- totalling about 500,000 people. es of the vaccine in the first phase The second phase, scheduled of the immunisation pro- between April and August, i n- g r a m m e. volves senior citizens aged 65 and A total of 33,503 people, includ- above, high-risk groups and the ing frontliners, Menteri Besar disabled, totalling 9.4 million Datuk Saarani Mohamad and ex- p eople. ecutive councillors, are expected The third phase, to becarried to receive the first dose soon. out between May and February State Health, Science,Environ- next year,targets 13.7 million ment and Green Technology Malaysians and foreigners aged Committee chairmanMohd Ak- 18 and above. mal Kamarudin said 49 locations In George Town,Chief Minister would be usedasvaccination Chow Kon Yeow welcomed the centres, including Indera Mulia arrival of 16,000 doses of vaccine Stadium here. at the Penang International Air- “For the second and third phas- port yesterday. es of the vaccination programme, The vaccines will be stored at additional locations, such as two ho spitals. halls, will be identified by district He said he would lead the state officer s.” vaccination programme by being In Kota Baru, Menteri Besar thefirst personinPenang to re- Datuk Ahmad Yakob is expected ceive the jab.The first batch of to be among the first to be in- vaccination would involve more oculated when the vaccinesar- than 30,000 frontliner s. r ive next month. “The state government wants StateLocal Government, Hous- to ensurethat about 1.3million, ing and Health Committee chair- or 70 per cent of itspopulation, man Dr Izani Husin said Ahmad, are vaccinated to build herd im- 71, who is alsothe Land, Natural munity in the state. Resource, Economic Planning “I urge all Penangites to sup- and Finance Committee chair- port the programme to make it man,will be inoculatedalong succe ssful,”he said. with 13 other executive council- Chow said Malaysia was in an lor s. The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being transferred from a Cathay Pacific flight at the Penang International Airport in George Town yesterday. BERNAMA PIC Provided for client's internal research purposes only. May not be further copied, distributed, sold or published in any form without the prior consent of the copyright owner. AUTHOR: No author available SECTION: LOCAL NEWS PAGE: 3 PRINTED SIZE: 324.00cm² REGION: KL MARKET: Malaysia PHOTO: Full Color ASR: MYR 11,126.00 ITEM ID: MY0042912802 22 FEB, 2021 571,802 frontliners registered for vaccination New Straits Times, Malaysia Page 2 of 2 SUMMARIES KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 571,802 frontliners have registered to receive the Covid-19 inoculation, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said 57.3 per cent were health and medical personnel from the Health Ministry, and 42.7 per cent comprised nonhealth personnel from the armed forces, Fire and Rescue Department, police, People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela), Prisons Department, Customs Department, Immigration Department, Welfare Department and others. Provided for client's internal research purposes only. May not be further copied, distributed, sold or published in any form without the prior consent of the copyright owner..