KUCHING, 13 Feb: Sarawak will receive 87,000 doses of Pfizer BioNTech vaccine by this month and March this year.
Minister of Local Government and Housing, Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said, the Pfizer vaccine will be directly shipped from its Belgium facilities.
“When vaccines arrive in Kuching it will be distributed to various locations throughout Sarawak,” he said during ‘Shall We talk’ with Kuching South City Council, Datuk Wee Hong Seng via Facebook live.
Dr Sim noted, the state government will also seek advice from Sarawak medical experts led by Datuk Prof Dr Andrew Kiyu and former Sarawak Health Director Datuk Dr Jamilah Hashim to look for other types of Covid-19 vaccine available.
According to him, this is due to a different variant of Covid-19 viruses which was detected in the state recently.
He added that the Sarawak medical expert will advise the state government properly on this matter without being politically influenced. — DayakDaily
