KOTA BARU: Nearly 10,000 people, mostly those aged 60 and above, failed to turn up to receive their Covid-19 vaccination recently.
Kelantan Health director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin said these people were scheduled to receive their vaccination but did not turn up at designated Vaccine Delivery Centres (PPV).
"Majority of them are elderly people and supposed to receive their jabs in stages since last month but did not show up.
"Some have given their reasons but many chose to remain silent by not providing any reasons for their failure to receive the jab,"he added.
Dr Zaini said the inoculations under phase two of the state-level National Immunisation Programme (NIP) for the elderly is still on-going.
He said the department was planning to open more PPVs in districts without such centres.
"So far, we have opened PPVs in Pasir Putih, Jeli, Machang, Kuala Krai, Bachok and the district here," he added.
On the number of people who registered for the vaccination via MySejahtera, he said the figure was still low.
"As of yesterday, more than 340,000 people registered their names via MySejahtera and I believe the number is still low because many still have this 'wait and see' atitude," he added.