Friday, 07 May 2021 04:57 PM MYT
BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
A senior citizen receives their Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme at Dewan Kompleks Sukan Pandamaran in Klang May 7, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin stressed that private sector Covid-19 vaccination programme will only start after there is enough supply for the general public.
Responding to the programme in question dubbed Public Private Partnership (PPP) Immunisation Model that was specifically designed to assist workers for manufacturing and related services to receive Covid-19 vaccine jab on-site, Khairy added that the programme was an expression of interest and is yet to start.
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government hopes that a blanket movement control order will not be enforced on the entire state, says Penang housing, local government, and town and country planning committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo.
He said as decisions are being considered and made by the Federal Government, the state hopes that if an MCO is imposed, it will be at targeted areas and not in the entire state.
“We have seen the effects of the first MCO (March 2020) on the economy last year so we hope there will be no blanket MCO. If there are areas that need to be shut down, then target the area and shut down the affected areas, said Jagdeep.
PETALING JAYA: Two Covid-19 vaccination models will be introduced for those in the manufacturing sector and related services, says the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).
Its president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai said the models were announced in a consultation session between the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) and trade associations and chambers on Monday (April 26).
They are the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Immunisation Model and the Private Immunisation Model (Special Request) for Business Travellers. The PPP model is targeted at local and foreign workers from manufacturing and related services sectors, based on the minimum threshold of 1,500 employees. It includes contractors or vendors working onsite and who already registered on MySejahtera for the vaccination, either per company or per site (a group of companies within a location/industrial estate coming together).
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PETALING JAYA: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and the SME Association of Malaysia (SME Malaysia) to assist employers who are looking for workers.
Socso CEO Datuk Seri Mohammed Azman Aziz said through the partnership, employers from the two organisations can take advantage of recruitment incentives and training programmes under the Penjana Kerjaya scheme when they employ new workers.
Socso manages incentives under the scheme, where subsidies of RM36,000 are given for the intake of workers for a maximum of six months.
Azman said every newly hired employee is eligible to follow a training programme under Penjana Kerjaya, with RM7,000 borne by Socso.