THE number of persons with disabilities who registered for Covid-19 vaccination up to yesterday stood at 195,395 or 33.8% of the total 577,352 nationwide.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rina Mohd Harun said as the number of disabled who have registered for vaccination was still low, advocacy and awareness would be increased through more cooperation with non-governmental organisations to assist the disabled to register.

“There are two issues, registration and administering the vaccine. I hope more of the disabled will register to receive the vaccine through this effort.

“Discussions are also being held on providing drive-through vaccination to the disabled. The Malaysian Association for the Blind complex has been made a vaccine administering centre (PPV), which can help this group be vaccinated fast,” she said in Kuala Lumpur today.

Rina said in speeding up the vaccination process for the public, the effort should not just be focused on the PPV but there should be parties going to the ground to help provide vaccination to those in need, including the disabled.

“This will definitely benefit the disabled who have registered for vaccination as they don’t need to go far to receive the vaccine…. we hope there will be more of such groups,” she added.

Yesterday, the coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said 30 vaccination trucks would be sent to PPR areas and construction sites in the federal capital to accelerate the vaccination process. – Bernama, June 1, 2021.