1,000 doses set for mobile vaccination at Medan Hotel
We will administer 1,000 doses on Saturday. The original plan was to administer another 1,000 (doses) on Sunday but due to unavailability of vaccines, the Sunday programme had to be postponed.
Dr Wong Chya Wei
SIBU: A total of 1,000 doses of vaccine would be administered during a one-day mobile vaccination programme at Medan Hotel (behind Medan Mall) here today.
The programme is jointly run by Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Dudong branch and KPJ Specialist Medical Centre here as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) project, with the support from Ministry of Health.
KPJ Sibu medical director Dr Wong Chya Wei said the programme was initially planned for two days, but Sunday’s vaccination had to be postponed due to certain issues.
“We will administer 1,000 doses on Saturday.
“The original plan was to administer another 1,000 (doses) on Sunday but due to unavailability of vaccines, the Sunday programme had to be postponed,” he told a press conference via Zoom here yesterday, where SUPP Dudong chairman Wong Ching Yong and Councillor Jenny Ting also took part.
Dr Wong also said the vaccination programme in Pulau Li Hua here scheduled for July 17 and 18 had been postponed until further notice, pending availability of vaccines from the ministry.
He said 4,000 names had been collected for the vaccination programme today, and at Pulau Li Hua next weekend.
Meanwhile, Ching Yong said they would not accept any walk-in for today’s vaccination.
“If there is any need for stand-by vaccination, we will notify the recipients individually,” he said.
He advised the remaining 3,000 individuals who had submitted their names not to be unduly worried as they would be given the vaccine jabs, most likely to be held at the vaccination centre (PPV) in the Catholic High School here.
Dr Wong, meanwhile, said the KPJ vaccination programme would be relocated to Catholic High School hall, starting July 12, in order to vaccinate more people.
He said the vaccination capacity would be increased to 1,000 doses daily at the school, from 400 doses at their premises previously.
The PPV at the school opens from 8am to 5pm, Mondays to Saturdays.