Nearly 9k Mentari Court residents to get vaccine - Selangor MB

 

The Selangor state government aims to vaccinate nearly 9,000 residents of Mentari Court in Petaling Jaya which has been placed under enhanced movement control order (MCO) this week.

Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said the vaccination process started today and was expected to completed by Friday.

He said there are nearly 9,000 residents living in Mentari Court comprising 7,200 citizens and 1,750 foreigners, not 17,000 people as initially estimated.

"More than 5,000 of them have undergone Covid-19 screenings and we only need to screen 1,500 people because so far, the positive rate for Covid-19 tests here is over seven per cent.

"If the rate increases, it is likely we will see about 400 to 500 positive cases here. So far, 120 people have been confirmed positive and we are still waiting for more results," he said after visiting the residential area today.

Amirudin said the enhanced MCO in the area was managed slightly differently from other EMCO areas as it not only focuses on Covid-19 screenings and containment activities but also includes other elements such as administering vaccines, setting up a Covid-19 assessment centre, and temporary quarantine and treatment centre.

"We think this module (addition of other elements) is quite sustainable for us to carry out in larger enhanced MCO areas, so we will apply it at other enhanced MCO localities including Taman Murni, Sepang,” he said.

In another development, Amirudin said the state government has increased the number of vaccinations given to its people to achieve the target of 135,000 doses per day as set by National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

"As of last week, we have increased the number of doses to 53,000 per day and with the Selangor Vaccine Programme (SelVax) and so on, I believe we can increase the number to 135,000 per day this month," he said.

- Bernama