World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) is making a return as a Mega Vaccination Administration Centre (PPV WTCKL) once again for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) Booster also known as PICK-B in line with the Ministry of Health Malaysia’s (MOH) vision to speed up the administration of the third dose of vaccine.
Chief Operating Officer of WTCKL, Fauzy Wahab, said “Our operating hours are from 8.30am to 9.00pm daily starting from January 15 until March 15. Only AstraZeneca vaccines will be provided here to the public at 9,000 doses daily. There will be three healthcare organisers (HCOs) involved in the mega vaccination programme here, namely BookDoc, BP Healthcare and U.N.I Klinik.”
Vaccination is by appointment only through the MySejahteraapplication or short message service (SMS) notification as walk-ins are no longer allowed, as told by the Minister of Health, Khairy Jamaluddin, during a press conference on January 6.
Vaccine recipients are advised to bring their own pens to fill in the consent form as a collective effort to minimize physical contact from sharing pens at the vaccination centre.
“Priority lanes are set up in the centre for OKU individuals and senior citizens. There will be a Calm Room for people withAutism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder and a medical room especially for medical emergencies at the PPV,” add Fauzy.
Helpdesk counters will be available next to WTCKL’s main entrance near CIMB Bank to provide immediate on-site assistance to the public. Additionally, KKM plans to have a call centre in the venue to attend to vaccinee’s inquiries. However, this is yet to be confirmed by the ministry.
“Although this time we will only cater to 9,000 doses daily, our centre/facility can accommodate right up to 18,000 vaccineesdaily, just like we did last time. My point is we are ever ready to increase to such capacity should the government wish to do so,” added Datuk Seri Dr Irmohizam Ibrahim, Group Managing Director of World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur.
