GEORGE TOWN, Sept 22 Undocumented foreign workers may now walk in to any of the four designated Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPV) in Penang to be vaccinated without fear of being penalised. These workers in Penang can get vaccinated without appointment or identification documents at any of the.
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IF ALL goes well, Penang could achieve Covid-19 herd immunity earlier than expected, with 70% or 1.38 million people, getting vaccinated by August.
State health committee chairman Dr Norlela Ariffin said the present vaccination of 14, 814 daily doses this month would be ramped up to 35, 165 doses next month, and 35, 572 doses in August.
She said 103, 627 targeted recipients in the state had obtained the first dose while another 73, 607 had received both doses as of June 3.
Dr Norlela said a comprehensive plan was presented at the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) meeting recently.
“All our systems are in place to attain this. These proposals were discussed at an earlier CITF meeting.
THE National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) will be ramped up further with three Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPVs) at private hospitals in Penang fully operational from Monday.