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Published on: Monday, July 19, 2021
By: Bernama
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Health workers with police and Labuan Disaster Management Committee members garbed in personal protective equipment (PPE) while conducting house-to-house active case detection (ACD) during Ops Bersih Covid-19 at the squatters settlement in Kampung Saguking, recently.
LABUAN: Ninety per cent or 62,632 of the adult population of Labuan have been vaccinated as of Saturday (July 17).
Labuan Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) Chairman Rithuan Ismail said of the number, 62 per cent or 42,501 have completed their second dose of Covid-19 vaccines.
“The achievement of getting such a high number of people to get vaccinated is an uneasy task…this is the result of close cooperation from the people at large, the various government agencies and the People’s Representative Councils.
07 Jul 2021 / 07:35 H.
LABUAN: Labuan has launched a drive-through vaccination exercise yesterday to speed up its immunisation programme ahead of its target of achieving herd immunity by end of this month.
Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari
(pix) said currently the drive-through located at University Malaysia Sabah Labuan International Campus’ (UMSKAL) parking lot is limited to second dose recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
“We expect the turnout will be significant beginning July 8, as most of the first dose recipients should get their second shot as close to the recommended three-week interval as possible,” he told Bernama at the launching site here yesterday.