KKMM wants media to be given priority in phase two vaccination

PUTRAJAYA: The Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) has submitted an application for media practitioners to be given priority in phase two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said he had requested that media personnel be given the Covid-19 vaccine jabs early as they are also frontliners.

“I deferred my vaccine (jab) because I want to be vaccinated together with the media. When I get mine, the media will get in phase two. Insyaallah … we have asked for it to be speeded up for media as they are also frontliners,” he told a press conference here on Saturday.

The phase two vaccination, which is for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and those with chronic diseases, will begin tomorrow in eight states Kedah, Melaka, Penang, Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu and the Federal Territory of Labuan. – Bernama