S'gor MB and excos vaccinated, state assemblypersons next
Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine today at the Shah Alam Hospital.
Some 34 other officials were also administered the vaccine during a state launch of the immunisation programme, including Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali, state ex officio members, state exco members, and state security council committee members.
They are expected to receive the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on March 18.
Amirudin said all of Selangor's assemblypersons will be vaccinated in the first phase...
Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari received his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine today at the Shah Alam Hospital.
Some 34 other officials were also administered the vaccine during a state launch of the immunisation programme, including Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali, state ex officio members, state exco members, and state security council committee members.
They are expected to receive the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on March 18.
Amirudin said all of Selangor's assemblypersons will be vaccinated in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme because they are considered frontliners.
This as they have been tasked to manage the second and third phases of the immunisation programme later.
"Why are they considered frontliners? It is because they will manage the vaccine in the second phase which will begin in April or May, as well as the third phase in July or August, up until February next year," he said in a media conference today.
He added that the assemblypersons will receive the vaccine together with district officers and heads of local councils.
Selangor has 55 assemblypersons other than Amirudin who is the Sungai Tua representative.
He said the state will also prepare 78,000 vaccines for selected frontliners including the police, army, and school teachers.
Meanwhile, responding to a media enquiry on the progress of Selangor purchasing its own vaccines for the people, Amirudin said the process was on the right track and he expected to receive up to five million vaccines in May.
"The progress is quite good. I have to discuss further with a few groups. Maybe we can get our vaccines as early as May.
"Of course, again, this is not a process to score political points. This is for the recovery of the country," he added.
The state's focus concerning the purchase, he said, is to ensure that it is not redundant and does not overlap with the programme set by the federal government.
"As of now, we have a good collaboration and teamwork with federal and state agencies at every level," he said.
Last week, The Edge reported Amirudin as saying that Selangor's intention to purchase vaccines was to reduce Putrajaya's burden.
He noted that so far only Selangor and Sarawak intended to buy the vaccines for the people in their respective states.
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