The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was rolled out for frontliners last Friday. – Bernama file photo
KUCHING (Mar 3): A total of 10,801 individuals in Sarawak have been administered with the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
He said of the figure, 10,037 comprised health workers, while the remaining 764 were from other departments or agencies.
He also said that the state has received its second batch of vaccines containing 31,590 doses.
“(Local Government and Housing Minister) Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian is at the Kuching International Airport (KIA) right now to witness the arrival of the vaccines,” he told a press conference today.
The Deputy Chief Minister said the state’s first shipment of Pfizer BioNTech vaccines containing 23,400 doses, which had arrived last Wednesday, has since been distributed to Kuching, Samarahan, Serian, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Kapit and Mukah divisions from Feb 25 onwards.
“Bintulu, Miri and Limbang divisions are expected to receive the vaccine supply on March 4,” he said.
The state is expected to receive another four shipments for the first phase of the immunisation programme which covers frontliners.
The third and fourth shipments of 4,680 doses each are scheduled to arrive on March 10 and 17 respectively while the last two shipments will arrive on March 24 (14,040 doses) and March 31 (9,360 doses).
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