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GEORGE TOWN: Approximately 100 private clinics of the Penang Physicians Society (PMPS) are ready to offer free Covid-19 vaccination services to the people of Penang.
The Chairman of the State Committee for Housing, Local Government, City and Rural Planning, Jagdeep Singh Deo, said that the state government and PMPS reached the agreement as preliminary preparations to increase capacity and speed up vaccinations after the vaccine reaches Malaysia.
He said the vaccines will be distributed by the Health Ministry to each state, which will then distribute them to hospitals, as well as selected public and private clinics to vaccinate Penang residents.
“So far, 100 private clinics have agreed to provide free vaccination services to the entire population of Penang. I understand that 50 clinics in Seberang Perai, as well as 50 clinics on the island, have agreed to help the Ministry of Health increase the capacity of the vaccination process.
“We are looking at the question of whether existing clinics are capable of accommodating such capacity. What will happen when the vaccine arrives?
“We have 1.8 million people who need vaccines. Can you imagine what will happen? “he told reporters here today.
The Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Malaysia next month.
Speaking on the capacity issue, Jagdeep said that the federal government should increase the number of panel clinics conducting Covid-19 screening for foreign workers due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19.
He said that recently the Social Security Organization (Socso) revealed that only 8.5% of foreign workers in the country had been screened. He described this figure as too small.
“So far, the government has allowed 3,000 exams per day in each state. For me, it can increase the capacity so that we can do exams and act quickly, ”he said.
He added that in Penang, only 51 clinics were authorized to test for Covid-19 on a total of 180,000 foreign workers there.
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