Covid-19 outbreak prompts Hulu Selangor Orang Asli to get vaccinated


Kalidevi Mogan Kumarappa

The Orang Asli residents in Hulu Selangor are now eager to get vaccinated following a Covid-19 outbreak in the district and after seeing others get the shot without developing any problems. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 5, 2021.

AN outbreak of Covid-19 in June among the Orang Asli residents in Hulu Selangor prompted them to push for vaccination, its tok batin (village head) Ramsit Anggung said.

He said he was the first to volunteer for a vaccination drive in order to alleviate a fear of inoculation among his 150 community members.


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