Assistant minister briefed on vaccination programme at Agape Centre
SIBU: Assistant Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Francis Harden Hollis was briefed on the vaccination programme during his visit to the Agape Centre here yesterday.
The briefing was presented by the programme coordinator Dr Toh Teck Hock.
Speaking to reporters later, Harden expressed his hope that Agape Centre could help speed up the vaccination programme so that Sarawak could complete all vaccination drives within August.
“I was told that 1,550 individuals with disabilities and their parents had received their first dose last month, and this month they would receive their second dose; today (yesterday) 350 people have come for their second vaccination,” he said.
Yesterday was the second day of vaccination programme – the next round of vaccination at the Agape Centre would be July 22 and 23.
Harden congratulated the organisations at Agape Centre for the success of the vaccination programme and for their effort in helping individuals with disabilities.
“It is not easy to run this centre. I look at the services delivered
and I would like congratulate all organisations in Agape Centre for their cooperation and collaboration,” he said.
Also present at the
event were Sibu Hospital director Dr Nanthakumar Thirunavukkarasu, Association for Children with Special Needs Sibu chairperson Kapitan Datuk
Janet Lau, Methodist Care Centre (MCC) chairman Soon Kong Tiong and Sibu Autistic Association (SAA) president David Ngu.