SELANGAU: The government is considering setting a deadline for registration of Covid-19 vaccine to help speed up the vaccination process.
“If the registration deadline is not set, people will postpone registration and some may rush to register at the last minute.
“This can complicate the work of the Ministry of Health as well as create difficulties that may disrupt the process,” Deputy Health Minister II Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang said after officiating at the Malaysia Prihatin programme at the Selangau Multipurpose Hall here today.
The Kanowit MP further said a deadline would help the government find out how many doses are needed for the public.
In this regard, he said the government was targeting 27 to 30 million people in the country, including non-citizens, to be vaccinated as soon as possible.
According to him, Malaysia had been buying vaccines from four to five different companies to meet the target.
Also present were Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang, Sarawak deputy Health director Paul Sizen Riget, Sibu Divisional Health officer Dr Teh Jo Hun and Pemanca Mathew Ganggang.
In another development, he also said the project to build a haemodialysis centre in Selangau would be tendered immediately and hoped that the planned project would become a reality by the end of this year.
“The government has allocated the funding and identified the location for the project.
“Upon completion of the centre, kidney patients from Selangau do not have to go to Sibu or Mukah for treatment.”
Aaron also said the government would build two new residential blocks for Selangau Health Clinic staff. Each block would have between 20 and 30 units.
