Malaysia speeds up COVID-19 vaccination for aviation workers
Malaysia on July 5 put its industrial vaccination centre at Terminal 1 of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport into operation in a bid to speed up COVID-19 vaccination for workers in the aviation sector.
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia on July 5 put itsindustrial vaccination centre at Terminal 1 of the Kuala Lumpur InternationalAirport into operation in a bid to speed up COVID-19 vaccination for workers in the aviation sector.
According to Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong, withthe launching of the centre, the vaccination programme for aviation workers hasstarted until September 24 with an aim to give vaccine shots to 22,243 workers inaviation and related sectors.
Wee said that the ministry will continue to coordinate withthe Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and Ministry of Health tovaccinate workers in the transport sector, while working with the COVID-19Immunisation Task Force (CITF) to ensure that the national COVID-19 vaccinationscheme for the sector will complete as soon as possible.
Apart from aviation, the Transport Ministry has also sped upvaccination for 19,259 railway and bus workers.
The ministry and CITF are also finalising a plan to givefree vaccine shots to 355,064 taxi drivers and shippers./.
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