PUTRAJAYA, July 4 — The industrial vaccination centre (PPVIN) at Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) here will open its door to over 370 industry workers for COVID-19 vaccination on its first day operation Monday.
Managed by International SOS (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the PICC PPVIN is part of Public-Private Partnership COVID-19 Industry Immunisation Programme (PIKAS) and it has the capacity to vaccinate up to 1,500 industry workers daily in an organised and comfortable environment.
Head of Operations for Health Care Organiser of International SOS (Malaysia) Dr Adrian Seng Fook Wai said the PPVIN would undertake the vaccination exercise for industry workers from companies registered with the International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI).
“MITI will decide which companies are eligible, then they will send the list to us and we will be carrying out the vaccination for the companies,” he told Bernama here today.
He said Sinovac vaccine would be administered to recipients at the PPVIN and each of them would take an average of 30 minutes to complete the inoculation process.
In ensuring that there will be no crowd at the PPVIN, he said only between 20 and 30 people are allowed into the centre at one time.
“We will make sure all the social distancing measures are taken care of and we will adhere to the standard operating procedure,” he said.
The PPVIN, which operates daily from 8am to 9pm, has also prepared the medical team and ambulance, and in case of an emergency, the person involved will be sent to Putrajaya Hospital, he said.
Under the PIKAS programme, the government will provide free vaccines, while the private sector will manage the administration of the PPVIN and the employers are to bear the administration cost of vaccination of their employees.
International SOS (Malaysia) is the official partner of ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProtectHealth Malaysia established under the Ministry of Health (MOH). ProtectHealth has been appointed as the implementer of private medical practitioner participation in the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).
