In the lead-up to the start of Phase 2 of the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, there are many questions which need to be asked and hopefully answered.
Even though our nurses have already served the medication and attended to all patients’ vital signs, they are not allowed to take off their PPE, but stand in the ward doing nothing until the next batch/shift colleagues come in.
The MOH is predicting a fourth wave, which will be even more devastating with the spread of Covid-19 variants which are more resistant to the available vaccines.
I strongly urge the government to start switching the purchase from bulk shipments to purchasing finished products directly, such as what we have done for Pfizer.
While we understand that West Malaysians cannot be labelled as Sarawakians, we are still Malaysians working in Malaysia. Some of us chose to come here, and some of us were sent here.
District and sub-district level data on registration for Covid-19 vaccination will help activate the elected representatives in the area, NGOs, civil societies, and even the private sector to help remove any obstacle for registration that people may have.