KUCHING: Second COVID-19 booster doses will be administered in Sarawak from this Friday (April 22).
Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said in a statement here today that there are two categories of recipients who are qualified for the dose.
“The first would be individuals aged 60 and above with high-risk comorbidities while the second category would be those individuals aged 12 and above who are moderate or severely immunocompromised,” he said.
He added that the vaccination will be done at the vaccination centres (PPVs) in government clinics, private hospitals and private clinics.
Uggah, who is also chairman of the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), urged qualified and interested individuals to contact their respective PPVs to book their booster shot appointment.
The contact numbers of these centres are available on Sarawak Health Department’s official Facebook page.
Meanwhile, Uggah mentioned that 1,879,748 or 91 per cent of Sarawak’s adult population aged 18 and above had received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination as of April 19.
“For teenagers aged between 12 to 17, some 275,699 or 92.6 per cent had received the dose.
“Similarly, some 84,677 or 38 per cent of children aged 5 to 11 years old had received their first dose,” Uggah stated.
He also said that as of April 19, a total of 1,637,167 or 90 per cent of qualified individuals in Sarawak had received their booster dose.
However, he urged another 181,589 qualified individuals who have not received the booster dose to come forward for their shots soon.
In the meantime, Uggah received a courtesy call from new Sarawak Health Director Dr Ooi Choo Huck at his office in Wisma Bapa Malaysia here today.
Dr Ooi, with 30 years of service under his belt as a public health specialist in Sarawak, was appointed to the post from March 1 2022, succeeding former director Datuk Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed.
