MPs to get Covid-19 booster shots starting tomorrow

 

The Ministry of Health (MOH) will start administering Covid-19 vaccine booster dose to Members of Parliament starting Tuesday (Nov 2).

Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Mohd Rashid Hasnon, in announcing the matter today, said the booster dose session will start at 9.30am at Parliament's banquet hall.

"To protect the honourable members who have the responsibility to be with the people regularly and are at risk of getting Covid-19 infection, MOH will administer the booster dose to MPs," he said, adding that the next booster dose date will be set later.

Meanwhile, in conjunction with the Deepavali celebration on Nov 4, Mohd Rashid said it was proposed that the Dewan Rakyat sitting on Wednesday be held from 10am to 2pm.

"… This is to enable the honourable members to return early to their respective constituencies to celebrate this festival," Rashid (above) said.

Following that, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mas Ermieyati Samsudin stood up to propose a motion on the matter in accordance with Standing Order 12 (1).

"According to Standing Order 12 (1), I would like to propose that the sitting on Wednesday (Nov 3) be convened from 10am to 2pm," she said.

The motion was seconded by Deputy Home Minister Ismail Mohamed Said.

- Bernama