Selangor to boost daily vaccination to 300k doses - MB

 

The Selangor state government will increase the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses dispensed in the state to 300,000 a day by the end of this month, said Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari.

He said this is to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection among those in the state and to move into Phase 2 or 3 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) by the end of August.

He said that in a meeting with National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin last Friday, it was agreed that Selangor needed to increase its vaccination rate to 272,000 doses daily from a previous target of 165,000.

Amirudin (above) said the new target could be achieved through the simultaneous implementation of the Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax), NIP, as well as the Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation Programme (Pikas) in the state.

“Through Selvax, we can also add another 40,000 doses a day to reach the target of administering 270,000 to 300,000 vaccine doses a day,” he told Bernama today.

He said the target is also in line with the federal government’s Operation Surge Capacity that is being implemented to ensure all adults in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor receive at least one dose of the vaccine by Aug 1.

“If everything goes well, I believe Selangor can enter Phase 2 or 3 of the NRP by the end of August as well as reduce the number of Covid-19 cases in the state, just like in Labuan,” he said.

Amirudin said that so far, over 13 percent of adults in Selangor have been fully vaccinated while 40 percent have received their first dose.

He said Selangor is recording the highest daily vaccination rate in the country with over 100,000 doses a day which will be increased.

He said the number of people administering the vaccines will also be increased by 30 to 40 percent through cooperation with private hospitals and clinics as well as by extending vaccination centre operating hours.

Meanwhile, he said the state government will continue to work with the management of factories and construction sites as well as non-governmental organisations to ensure that refugees and undocumented migrants are also vaccinated.

“They should also be vaccinated to prevent them from becoming Covid-19 carriers and for us to achieve herd immunity,” he said, adding that an estimated 500,000 Rohingya refugees are in the state.

- Bernama