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KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — A pilot programme to introduce “mobile trucks” to inoculate people in areas with a high number of Covid-19 cases will be launched soon, according to National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP) Coordinating Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin
When making the announcement today, Khairy said he has spoken to Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa about implementing the pilot programme in Kuala Lumpur.
“We will begin testing at people’s housing projects (PPR) and construction sites that are allowed to operate during the movement control order,” he said during a press conference today
“For now the Federal Territories Ministry has aimed to have 30 mobile trucks to conduct mobile vaccination… I am told that each truck can conduct 100 vaccinations a day,” he added.
Khairy explained that the programme is a private initiative undertaken by the Federal Territories Ministry.
He added that plans to expand the initiative will depend on the success of the initial pilot programme.
He said the mobile trucks will also be considered as a method to vaccinate refugees in Malaysia.
