7,000 firefighters to receive vaccine starting March 5 : vim

02 Mar 2021 / 15:30 H.
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PUTRAJAYA: A total of 7,000 firefighters, who are also the frontliners, have registered to receive the vaccine in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.
She said the vaccination exercise will be carried out in stages beginning this Friday, where she and Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director-general Datuk Seri Muhammad Hamdan Wahid will be among those to receive the vaccine on that day.
Zuraida, when met by reporters after launching the 2021 National Landscape Day, said there are 14,000 firefighters nationwide.
Themed ‘Protect Oneself, Protect Everyone’, the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme which began on Feb 24 will be carried out in three phases, to ensure that at least 80 per cent of Malaysian adults receive the Covid-19 vaccine by February 2022.

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