Khairy assures sufficient supply of vaccines for S’wak
KUCHING: National Covid19 Immunisation Programme co-ordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin has assured that Sarawak will be supplied with the required vaccine doses to complete its vaccination programme by end of this August.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas in a statement yesterday said this assurance was given to him during their meeting at Khairy’s office in Putrajaya on April 12.
Uggah, who is Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman, was accompanied by Deputy State Secretary and SDMC deputy chairman Datu Ik Pahon Joyik at the meeting.
“Khairy (who is also Science, Technology and Innovation Minister) has given us the assurance. His kind gesture will greatly facilitate our plan to complete our immunisation programme,” said Uggah.
According to Uggah, Sarawak plans to vaccinate some 2.2 million Sarawakians and non-Sarawakians by end of August.
He added the federal government too had recognised and appreciated the state’s immunisation roll-out programme.
“Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti), Ministry of Health (MoH) and others have indicated they are prepared to help us meet the deadline.
“So I am very optimistic our rollout programme will be on schedule,” he said.
The statement mentioned that Uggah and Ik Pahon were also briefed on the Sarawak Immunisation Roll-out Programme during the visit.
They were further briefed by the MoH MySejahtera team on the registration programme.
“They are ready to help us with, particularly, incorporating all those registrations for the vaccination done manually into their system,” said Uggah.
Toward this end, he again reiterated his call for Sarawakians who had not registered themselves to be vaccinated to do so immediately.
“They can do this by three methods. First, they can apply through the MySejahtera platform.
“Secondly, they can register through the MoH vaccination website which is www.vaksincovid. gov.my.
“Lastly, for those in rural areas, they should approach their respective district or Resident’s offices to register themselves. I hope those concerned will do so immediately to allow us to prepare our vaccination schedule,” he said.
On another matter, the statement also revealed that Health Minister Datuk Dr Adham Baba and his deputy Datuk Aaron Dagang paid a courtesy call on Uggah at his Wisma Bapa Malaysia office yesterday.
Senior officers joining them briefed Uggah on the ministry’s current and coming efforts to help Sarawak fight the spike in positive cases reported daily.