ALOR STAR: Some 30,000 civil servants have yet to register for Covid-19 vaccination and the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has urged them to sign up soon to help the government achieve herd immunity before next year.
Its president Adnan Mat said civil servants as implementers of government policies should show good examples by supporting the National Immunisation Programme.
"We are civil servants who receive instructions on government policies, so when directed to undergo vaccination, we should do so," he told reporters after handing over three units of powered air purifying respirators to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (HSB) here today.
Adnan said heads of departments should play their role in convincing these civil servants to get themselves vaccinated.
"They should take the initiative to meet with them to find out what is preventing them from getting the vaccine," he added.
Meanwhile, HSB deputy director of medicine Dr Siti Norhani Mazrah Khalid said almost 400 of the 1,108 beds at HSB were in use by Covid-19 patients, including 44 in the intensive care unit. – Bernama