KUALA LUMPUR: Operation Surge Capacity (OSC), conducted between July 26 and Aug 1, saw a total of 1,655,217 Covid-19 vaccination appointments given to residents in the Klang Valley.
Covid-19 National Immunisation Plan (NIP) coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin said figures from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) showed that 96.7 per cent of the adult population in the Klang Valley have received the first vaccine dose, and 37.5 per cent are now fully-vaccinated.
"Although we have not achieved a 100 per cent rate (for vaccination of Klang Valley residents) through OSC, but at almost 97 per cent, we will be able to achieve it in the first week of August.
"Some (of the those who didn't get vaccinated) had either cancelled or failed to turn up for their appointments, while some were unable to register (with NIP)," he said in the weekly press conference on Covid-19 vaccination.
Khairy said following the OSC's success, Klang Valley has now entered the 'mop-up' phase, which allows walk-in vaccinations for Klang Valley folk at selected vaccination centres (PPVs) as well as mobile outreach programme in the outskirts to ensure that no one is left behind.
The selected PPVs are the KL Convention Centre, HCO F, HCO G and HCO H; Bangi Avenue Convention Centre; Wyndham Hotel, Klang; Dewan Tun Razak, Sabak Bernam; Serendah Community Hall; Mövenpick Hotel & Convention Centre KLIA and Ideal Convention Centre, Shah Alam.
Khairy, who is also Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, said the walk-in facility for adults aged 40 and above, offered within the stipulated schedule, are only for residents of the Klang Valley who have yet to receive their first dose.
Meanwhile, senior citizens in Klang Valley who have yet to receive their first Covid-19 vaccine dose can go to the nearest PPV, he said.