By Nur Ashikin Louis
MIRI, July 17: The CanSino vaccine supply for the inoculation of rural population in Sarawak is expected to arrive at the end of this month (July).
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg noted that the State government has decided to use the single-dose vaccine for the rural folk as it would ease the process of vaccinating them at one-go.
“Because we have registration problem via MySejahtera due to connectivity issues, we will administer the Covid-19 jabs first and then we will register the rural folk.
“This registration method has already started and it is very important to facilitate and speed up the vaccination of rural population,” he said at a press conference during his working visit here today.
Abang Johari mentioned that apart from CanSino from China, there is another type of single-dose vaccine, namely Johnson & Johnson (J&J) from the United States.
“However, the State government has decided to buy the CanSino vaccine and we hope the supply will arrive to Sarawak by the end of this month.
“This (vaccine) is easier and more convenient to be used in vaccinating the rural population because we can cut down the hassles of having to travel twice. Even with one dose of CanSino vaccine, the recipients will still be well protected,” he added.
At the same time, Abang Johari also congratulated officers of State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) and various other agencies and departments involved in winching down the boxes of vaccines for the vaccination of the rural folk of five interior areas stricken by floods in Miri yesterday.
He said the flood had also disrupted his schedule to visit Long Lama today but following his visits to several vaccination centres (PPVs) in Miri earlier, he believed that there is significant progress on vaccination coverage in Miri and that an 80 per cent herd immunity could be achieved in due time. — DayakDaily
