Carlsberg Malaysia to reach 100% vaccination goal
o Brewer secures 600 vaccinations via Selvax for employees and contractors as part of health and safety measures
HEEDING the call for Covid-19 herd immunity as a viable step towards national economic recovery, Carlsberg Malaysia has fully sponsored vaccinations for 600 employees and third-party vendors towards its goal of having 100% of its on-site workforce fully vaccinated by the end of July or early August, providing a safe workplace in preparation for reopening when permitted.
Under the Selangor Vaccine Programme (Selvax), the brewer’s Klang Valley-based employees and contractors received their first Sinovac dose at Tropicana Gardens Mall in Petaling Jaya on July 9. This batch of vaccine recipients included all personnel involved in brewing, production and logistics at the company’s Shah Alam headquarters who will also receive their second dose on July 30 after the recommended 21-day interval, thus completing their vaccination course.
Working with its vaccination provider
Selgate Health Sdn Bhd
(SelCare), the brewer is also arranging for the rest of its employees throughout
Peninsular Malaysia,
Sabah and Sarawak to receive their vaccinations at local clinics nationwide starting this month.
Boosted by the company’s vaccination drive, 99% of
Carlsberg Malaysia’s employees nationwide are already in line for appointments or have had their first vaccine doses at the minimum via the National
Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) and Selvax programmes.
Stefano Clini, Managing Director of Carlsberg Malaysia, commented,
“Carlsberg Malaysia has been in full compliance with the suspension of production operations since the Full Movement Control Order commenced in June. Our sponsorship and enrolment of employees and contractors to be fully vaccinated by July 31 is a definitive step towards the reopening of our
brewery when
permitted, focusing on employees essential for normal factory operations and those who have yet to receive vaccination appointments under PICK.”
“In our shared fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, we have committed to lead with care and have put the safety of our people and our immediate communities as our highest priority, which in turn affirms our ongoing commitments to product integrity, safe workplaces, and operational readiness to reopen as soon as practically possible. Our strict adherence to health and safety protocols and pandemic countermeasures at the brewery have resulted in zero workplace clusters since the start of the pandemic in March 2020,” added Clini.
As brewing is regulated by the Malaysia Food Act 1983, the company is currently appealing for the removal of breweries from the negative list in the National Security Council’s pandemic control SOPs and inclusion within the Food & Beverages sub-sector’s positive list under manufacturing sectors allowed to operate when Phase 2 of the
National Recovery Plan begins.