ONE Hope Charity & Welfare (One Hope) has invested over RM2 million to set up a Covid-19 vaccination centre (PPV) at the Shop-In d’Park Auto City, Juru, Penang, which is expected to begin operations on Monday.

Chairman Chua Sui Hau said with the PPV launch, One Hope would be among the first non-government organisations in Malaysia to have set up a PPV.

Chua said that they had received an approval from the Health Ministry to open the centre on July 14 and had spent one week transforming the outdoor-themed shopping centre into a PPV.

“Furthermore, One Hope will have over 200 of its staff members manning the PPV and our own medical personnel will be in charge of the vaccination process,” he told Bernama.

He said the team had a trial run on July 23 to familiarise itself with the whole procedure, from the screening, consultation, vaccination up to the monitoring process.

He expected opening day to see about 360 recipients getting vaccinated, with the number increasing over time.

“Once we get used to the flow, we will be looking at a capacity of 1,000 in a day,” he added.

According to him, the PPV will operate from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.

Meanwhile, Chua said that while the extensive space at the venue would be able to cater to a large number of recipients, the natural outdoor aesthetics would help calm them.

“Hopefully, the PPV could help the recipients to relax their mind and body after the impact of the ongoing lockdowns following the Covid-19 crisis, ” he added. – Bernama, July 25, 2021.