Coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) Khairy Jamaluddin is confident that this target can be achieved with the additional vaccine supply this month and next month, besides the opening of more vaccination centres (PPVs) in the state.
“With the opening of new PPVs, the vaccination capacity in Johor which is now 71,000 doses per day involving 259 PPVs, is expected to increase to 90,000 doses per day by next month,” he told reporters after visiting the PPV site at Iskandar Malaysia Studios, here, today.
The Iskandar Malaysia Studios PPV has the capacity to provide 7,000 doses per day.
Khairy said one of the other proposals was creating a drive-thru PPV at Arena Larkin for the disabled and senior citizens.
“Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Mohd Radzi had made a visit to see the place (Arena Larkin) and she felt it would be suitable for the purpose,” he said, referring to the senator who is also OKU Sentral president.
“I definitely would want to open a drive-thru PPV for the disabled in Johor,” added Khairy, who is also science, technology and innovation minister.
Earlier, he appeared before the Tunku Mahkota Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, to present the vaccine supply schedule for the state in August.
In a statement posted at the crown prince’s Facebook page, Tunku Ismail said Johor would be receiving two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine this month.
According to the schedule, 324,940 doses of the vaccine arrived on Aug 1, 564,234 doses on Aug 9, 340,150 on Aug 16 and 796,344 on Aug 23.
Tunku Ismail also expressed hope that this would result in herd immunity to the viral infection in the state soon.
Meanwhile, in a statement, health minister Dr Adham Baba said the additional two million doses encompassed all types of Covid-19 vaccines and would be distributed to the PPVs in Johor to help speed up vaccination in the state.
To date, 1,362,398 people in Johor have received the first dose of vaccine while 540,895 have completed their two-dose vaccination.
About half the adult population in the state has at least received the first dose, he added.
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