SEREMBAN: Only about 14,000 individuals from the 831,107 Negeri Sembilan residents aged 18 and above who registered for the national Covid-19 immunisation programme (PICK) have yet to receive their vaccination dates as of yesterday.
Menteri besar Aminuddin Harun is, however, confident that they would complete their vaccination as early as next week to enable the state to achieve herd immunity soon.
“It is hoped that those who have yet to be vaccinated will update their MySejahtera application as there is sufficient supply for the second dose. We are expecting to reach 80% second dose vaccination before Aug 31,” he said in an online media conference after chairing the exco meeting here today.
Aminuddin said the government was also planning to close several vaccination centres (PPVs) in stages as the state had achieved 90.9% vaccination or 740,587 individuals with the first dose while 73.4% (597,832) had been fully vaccinated as at yesterday.
He said the state government is also proposing to open walk-in PPVs in all districts specially for residents of the state simultaneously when the administration of the first dose hits more than 96%.
In another development, he said all state assemblymen have completed two doses of Covid-19 vaccination, apart from undergoing compulsory swab tests before being allowed to attend the state assembly sitting on Sept 3.
“The proceedings of the assembly will be held in compliance with the SOPs,” he said.
Aminuddin also advised the people to adhere to the stipulated SOPs and not to get complacent although the state is moving into Phase Two of the national recovery plan effective tomorrow.
He said this was because juveniles aged 17 and below who have not been vaccinated, are exposed to the virus, besides the threat of Covid-19 variants such as the Delta variant which is 10 times more infectious. - FMT
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