Uggah in a discussion with Local Government and Housing Minister Dato Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian while waiting for the shipment of vaccines to arrive at the Raya Air Warehouse at the cargo area of Kuching International Airport this evening.
KUCHING (Feb 24): The state’s fight against Covid-19 will kick off this Friday with a total of 23,400 doses of the long-awaited Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be administered to frontliners, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
He said the vaccination will be carried out in Kuching and Sibu with Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg the first to be given the jab.
“Today we witness a historic event which all Sarawakians have been waiting for which is the arrival of the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
“This is the first package for our frontliners and we thank our Prime Minister and the federal government for ensuring that Sarawak receives the Covid-19 vaccine it requires,” he told a press conference after receiving the shipment of vaccines at the Raya Air Warehouse at the cargo area of Kuching International Airport this evening.
The first batch of vaccines arrived on board a Raya Airways flight at 6.18pm from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang.
Uggah, who is also State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman, said the committee and Resident office are now working very closely with the State Health
Department to prepare the logistics to transport the vaccine.
“This is to make sure that the people living in the interiors of Sarawak will also receive the vaccine.
“The process is very tedious and it needs a lot of planning, manpower and materials,” he said, adding that Abang Johari has also approved RM13 million for logistics arrangement of the vaccines.
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