The strategy, he said, is currently being adopted in rural areas, with personnel from the state information services department explaining in various languages how immunisation works.

“If they go to a Dusun village, they will speak Dusun and if they go to a Bajau village, they will speak Bajau Samah,” he said at an event here today.

Hajiji admitted that public response to the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in Sabah was poor, but said he was confident that registration numbers would go up.

He also said he did not think the low numbers meant that Sabahans were reluctant to sign up for the vaccine.

“The vaccine is being administered in phases in our local districts, so I am confident more people will register as it is meant to protect them.”

Science, technology and innovation minister Khairy Jamaluddin had previously revealed that Sabah recorded the lowest registration numbers for the vaccine.

On a separate matter, Hajiji said the state government had as of last night channelled RM97 million in cash aid to some 324,573 recipients under the Bantuan Prihatin Covid-19 2.0 programme.

He also said 296,638 food baskets had been delivered to the people.

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