PUTRAJAYA: Over 100,000 workers in the manufacturing sector have received their first Covid-19 vaccination dose under the Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation Programme (Pikas). Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Lim Ban Hong said the response towards the programme was very encouraging and it had helped to boost Malaysia’s Covid-19 vaccination rate. “Pikas plays a very important role in making workers in the manufacturing sector feel safe in the workplace. Launched on June 16, Pikas is a strategic collaboration between the public and private sectors that focuses on vaccinating workers in the manufacturing sector. The government via Pikas will provide vaccines for free while the private sector will fund and manage the PPV in order to reduce the government’s administrative cost.

Source: The Star July 15, 2021 23:03 UTC