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Action may be taken for failure to attend vaccination appointment Health DG (Updated) 26 Feb 2021 / 22:47 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Those who fail to attend the appointment to take the Covid-19 vaccination without reasonable grounds can be prosecuted, said Health director-general (DG) Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (
pix).
He said this was to avoid wastage as the diluted Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could not be stored for use on other days due to its shelf life of not more than six hours.
“Even on the day of surgery, 15 per cent of cases are not present for the surgery. Absence, including for the scheduled vaccination is a ‘waste of resources and manpower’ because we have done all preparations.
Friday, 26 Feb 2021 10:08 PM MYT
A frontliner receives the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Kuantan Vaccination Centre at Dewan Jubli Perak Sultan Ahmad Shah in Kuantan, February 26, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 Those who fail to attend the appointment to take the Covid-19 vaccination without reasonable grounds can be prosecuted, said Health director-general (DG) Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said this was to avoid wastage as the diluted Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could not be stored for use on other days due to its shelf life of not more than six hours.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Covid-19 vaccination mobile units will be activated to vaccinate senior citizens and vulnerable groups who are too frail to go to a vaccination centre.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the group would have to register earlier before the Ministry of Health (MOH) could mobilise the unit for this purpose.
He said the District Health Centres (PKD) would be evaluating the groups to enable efforts to vaccinate them as scheduled under Phase Two of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme.
“Now we have mobile units which is part of the MOH vaccination programmne.