Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021
The bigger picture: The MWR2R says the Covid-19 vaccination drive should consider the circumstances of every person in the country. AFP
PETALING JAYA: Migrant workers, refugees, asylum seekers and foreign spouses should be included in the mass Covid-19 vaccination programme, says the Migrant Workers’ Right to Redress Coalition (MWR2R).
It said as plans for the national Covid-19 vaccination exercise were being firmed up, the government should consider the circumstances of every person in the country.
“This includes the situation facing documented and undocumented workers, those in different sectors including domestic workers, all those within the refugee communities, foreign spouses, the stateless and others.
PETALING JAYA: Migrant workers, refugees, asylum seekers and foreign spouses should not be left out of the mass Covid-19 vaccination programme, says the Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition (MWR2R).
The coalition urged that as plans for the national Covid-19 vaccination exercise are being firmed up, the government should also make sure that the circumstances of every person are considered. This includes the situation facing documented workers, undocumented workers, workers in different sectors including domestic workers, all those within the refugee communities, foreign spouses, the stateless and others. Every effort needs to be made to ensure that all these people are able to access the vaccination programme and are not excluded on any basis, including by a possibility that they cannot afford it, said MWR2R in a virtual press conference on issues faced by migrant workers on Monday (Jan 25).
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FILE PHOTO: A man works in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia Pharmaniaga Bhd has signed an agreement with China’s Sinovac to purchase 14 million doses of ready-to-fill COVID-19 vaccines and later to manufacture the vaccine domestically, it said on Tuesday.
Pharmaniaga said in a bourse filing that the company will carry out a fill-and-finish process of the vaccine in Malaysia, and will subsequently enter into local manufacturing, under license from Sinovac for its technology and know-how.
PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians are still finding it hard to break their bad habits from last year as a rising number of people has continued to flout Covid-19 preventive measures since the start of the new year.
From Jan 1 to Jan 18, a total of 8,765 people were arrested for failing to abide by the standard operating procedure.
Those not wearing face masks topped the list, with 2,422 offenders or 27% out of the total.
This represented a 78% increase when compared to the corresponding period (Dec 1 till 18) last month, with 1,362 violations.
Out of the 8,765 people arrested so far this month, 20% of them were remanded and given compounds for their activities at entertainment centres, another 20% failed to prepare entry logs or record customers’ details and 19% did not abide by the physical distancing rule.