SELANGOR will open four Covid-19 transit quarantine centres in Klang, Hulu Langat, Petaling and Sepang.

Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said the centres will be for those who tested positive for Covid-19 or waiting for test results before being sent to the hospital for treatment.

He said the four districts have been recording high daily positive Covid-19 cases in the state, with 1,082 cases reported yesterday, bringing the total number of cases to 83,281.

He said priority would be given to People’s Housing Projects (PPR) residents who lack space to conduct effective home-quarantine.

“This transit quarantine centre is for those involved or any individuals whose residence is not suitable for self-quarantine due to poor ventilation and a limited number of rooms that houses too many people,” he added. 

Individuals undergoing temporary self-quarantine at the centre would then be sent to the Covid-19 Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) in Taman Ekspo Pertanian Malaysia (MAEPS) Serdang or the hospital, he said.

Amiruddin said several locations near the Covid-19 Assessment Centre in the affected districts have been identified as the locations for the quarantine transit centres.

On Selangor’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement, Amiruddin said the state government’s purchase will be in line with the federal government’s.

“We are reviewing the list of vaccines bought by the federal government. So far, we have been informed that they will buy Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Cansino and Sputnik V vaccines, which is in the process of getting approval from the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA),” he said.

He said the state government took the initiative to purchase three to five million doses of vaccines to expedite vaccination of the people of Selangor.

“The state government will not disturb the enrolment of the Covid-19 vaccination by the federal government but we will add to it by offering (vaccines) to the manufacturing sector to speed up the delivery of vaccines to the target group,” he said adding that this would facilitate herd immunity in the state. – Bernama, February 12, 2021.