Johor Harapan wants KJ to send vaccine trucks down south too

Johor Pakatan Harapan has urged National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin to send mobile vaccination units to Johor and not just Kuala Lumpur.

In a statement today, Johor Harapan said this was especially necessary for rural areas because it will help the elderly with mobility issues.

Yesterday, Khairy (above) revealed that 30 "vaccination trucks", capable of administering 100 shots, will be deployed in government housing projects throughout Kuala Lumpur and construction sites during the two-week "total lockdown" period which began today. 

This test project was designed to help speed up the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

Meanwhile, Johor Harapan has urged the government to consider using places of worship as vaccination centres, citing the UK experience where a mosque was classified as a vaccination centre.

In February, the Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Balsall Heath in the English Midlands became the first mosque approved as a vaccination centre by NHS England.

Johor Harapan also urged the government to consider using higher learning institutions as vaccination centres, as suggested during the meeting of Johor lawmakers on May 27.

As of yesterday, Johor ranked fourth in terms of cumulative cases and fifth in Covid-19 deaths.

During the period between May 23 and May 29, the positivity rate for Covid-19 tests in the state was 5.79 percent - lower than the national average of 6.89 percent - but still higher than the five percent threshold for adequate testing set by the World Health Organisation.

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