Douglas (left) poses with medical staff at the SK Nanga Mujong vaccination centre.
KAPIT (June 18): The setting-up of mobile vaccination centres (PPVs) in Bukit Mabong is facilitating the vaccination of folks in the district against Covid-19, said its district officer Douglas Pungga.
He told The Borneo Post when contacted yesterday that recruited volunteers would register the particulars of walk-in recipients, while medical staff administer the vaccine.
“To date, longhouse folks from Rumah Jimbun Sandin, Ulak Tapang, Baleh; Rumah Agang, Baleh; Rumah Lamau, Teluk Buing, Baleh; Rumah Ekau, Ng Mujong, Baleh; Rumah Tang, Ng Mujong, Baleh; staff of SK Nanga Mujong and individual houses in and nearby Mujong have already been vaccinated.
“As for the outreach mobile vaccination centre at SK Lepong Baleh, it commenced operation on June 14 and would remain open until all the people in the area have been vaccinated,” he said.
Douglas thanked all health workers and volunteers involved in the mass vaccination exercise, saying the increasing number of rural folks receiving their Covid-19 jabs would help the state achieve the target of inoculating 80 per cent of the population by this August to attain herd immunity.
Aside from visiting PPVs in Bukit Mabong, the district officer has also been busy supervising the distribution of food baskets under the government’s Sarawakku Sayang initiative to eligible households under his jurisdiction.