Frontliners get first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
Some 200 frontliners here received their first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine at Lanang Health Clinic yesterday.
Sibu Division Family Health officer Dr Debbura Peak Ngaban, who was tasked with coordinating the vaccination programme, said 80 Ministry of Health (MoH) frontliners received their shots in the morning, and 162 in the afternoon.
“We successfully vaccinated 36 people within one hour, and tomorrow (today), we plan to increase that number to 48 people per hour,” she told reporters at Lanang Health Clinic.
She said 1,056 doses (176 vials) were received by Lanang Health Clinic on Friday, adding that the first shipment of the vaccines under Phase 1 of the state’s vaccination programme must be fully utilised by next Friday, in view of the next shipment expected to arrive here this April 2.
She stated that frontliners, both medical and non-medical, were set to undergo vaccination under Phase 1.
Yesterday, Institute of Rejang Journalists (IRJ) president Monica Chua, Sibu Journalists Association chairman Hii Hong Wee and secretary Jane Moh were among the non-healthcare frontliners who received their shots at the clinic.