‘Onus on local leaders to convey facts about Covid-19 vaccination to their communities’
BETONG: The onus falls on community leaders to disseminate accurate information about Covid-19 immunisation programme to their people to dispel any misperception that may cause them to be against taking vaccination.
In pointing this out, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas observes that there are still those who are hesitant or fearful in ge ing the vaccine jabs.
“Those who have not been vaccinated not only pose risk to themselves, but to the others as well,” he said in his speech for an event at Spaoh Chinese Temple near here yesterday.
Uggah, who is also Sarawak Disaster Management Commi ee (SDMC) chairman, said the vaccination programme was being provided for free to everyone in Sarawak.
“We hope to vaccinate as many people in Sarawak, as quickly as possible.
“There are even arrangements for the elderly, the sick and the bedridden individuals to receive the vaccines, through our mobile outreach teams.
“So I hope that the community leaders on the ground to approach, talk to and persuade those who are still hesitant (to get vaccine jabs) – explaining to them the process involved in vaccination,” he added.
At the event, Uggah presented a RM50,000 grant from the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) to the commi ee of Spaoh Chinese Temple.
Moreover, he and Betong MP Datuk Robert Lawson Chuat also presented allocations totalling RM133,000 to five local Chinese associations, as well as temple and school management boards.
A political secretary to chief minister Dr Richard Rapu and acting Betong Resident Abang Mohamed Abang Turkey were among those present at the event.
A er the event, Uggah, Robert, Richard and other officials visited Rumah Luban Ili here, where 32 families are seeking government’s assistance for their longhouse expansion project.