— The COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach Programme implemented in Negeri Sembilan, using a Kuala Pilah Dental Clinic trailer is the government’s effort to ensure herd immunity is achieved, including the rural areas.
Kuala Pilah District Disaster Committee chairman Mohd Faizal Abdul Manap said the programme, which began today, is targeting three areas in the district with Felda Kepis becoming the first location following a rise in COVID-19 cases in the area.
”Kuala Pilah was chosen as the first district for the programme due to the increase in cases in the Jalan Seroja cluster, taking the cumulative cases to 127 as of June 11.
“The mobile vaccination centre (PPV) will operate for five days in Felda Kepis, targeting over 1,000 residents before heading to the next destination in Padang Lebar, Seri Menanti focusing on the Orang Asli settlements,” he told reporters after visiting the Dewan Semai Budi Felda Kepis here today.
He added the Health Department will use a mobile clinic as a PPV at Orang Asli villages.
Meanwhile, many Felda Kepis residents, when met by Bernama in the programme, were initially nervousness about getting the first dose because of the phobia of seeing a doctor and fear of needles.
For 61-year-old Salasiah Mat Isa, she said admitted being afraid of receiving the jab but agreed to do so after getting the advice from her children and husband.
“I thought I wanted to run away, but then I braced myself as it was for my own good. This morning, my husband took his first shot. Upon returning home, he said he was not in pain and then she agreed to get the vaccination, ”she said.
Sharing a similar sentiment was a wheel-bound senior citizen, Mohd Arshad Abd Razak, 76, who suffers from a spinal problem who admitted the injection was not painful as he had imagined.
“Thank you to the state government for setting up mobile PPV to facilitate the vaccination exercise for the villagers since the vaccination centres are located 30 kilometres from Felda Kepis,” he said.
He received his first dose with his wife, Miskiah Abdul Rahman, 55, and his two children, Ahmad Salehuddin Mohd Arshad, 40, and Azhad Mohd Arshad. 36.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency