Labuan to receive 2,340 doses of vaccine today

LABUAN: The first batch of 2,340 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Labuan today (Friday).

Labuan Acting Police Chief DSP Mohd Ibrahim Mohd Ghani said the vaccine would be transported by road from Kota Kinabalu and ferried to the duty-free island via the Menumbok ferry terminal at 8am.

“We expect the vaccine to arrive at the Labuan Ferry Terminal around 9.30am, and it will be escorted by traffic policemen to the vaccine storage centre at the Membedai Health Clinic,” he said, Thursday.

The Labuan Health Department has established at least three vaccination centres for Labuan's immunisation programme, which is scheduled to kick off tomorrow (Saturday) at 8am.

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Labuan Health Director Dr Ismuni Bohari said at least 1,200 healthcare frontliners would be the first group to receive the vaccine, including 10 local media representatives from the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) and Information Department.

Also joining the group are Ismuni, Senator Datuk Bashir Alias, Labuan Member of Parliament Datuk Rozman Isli, Labuan Natural Disaster Management Committee Chairman Rithuan Ismail and Mohd Ibrahim.

Meanwhile, the total number of fatalities from Covid-19 infection in Sarawak rose to 78, with two more deaths reported in Sibu Thursday, while 219 new cases have been detected in the State.

The Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN), in a statement, said the 77th fatal case involved a 74-year-old local woman who was being treated at Sibu Hospital for fever and breathing difficulty. She died on Feb 24.

“The 78th fatal case involved a local man, aged 90, who was also a patient at Sibu Hospital after the close contact screening found him to be positive for the virus and he passed away Thursday.

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“Besides that, 219 new infection cases were detected in Sarawak today, bringing the cumulative number in the State to 8,869,” it added.

Meanwhile, the Sarawak State Health Department on Thursday announced a new cluster, the Jalan Ho Pin Cluster in Samarahan district, which is a community cluster involving the districts of Samarahan, Serian and Kuching.

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