KUALA LUMPUR: The higher education ministry and the Covid-19 Special Immunisation Task Force have agreed to vaccinate all staff and students of higher education institutions (IPTs) by October, says higher education minister Noraini Ahmad.
She said the process, to be carried out in stages, was an effort to create campus bubbles at the IPTs.
“With this effort, more students can return to campus in phases, and undergo learning and teaching (PdP) in a hybrid manner,” she said in a post on her Facebook page today, just before announcing her resignation as minister.
Noraini said the move was part of the IPT Recovery Plan, which was being drafted by the ministry.
“Under this plan, several strategies and SOPs are being formulated to determine situations where it is safe for those who have been vaccinated to interact with each other,” she said.
Noraini said the ministry was also refining control measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 at IPTs.