Vaccination to be mandatory for retail workers - minister
The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs will make vaccination of employees in the retail sector one of the conditions for companies to resume operations.
Its minister Alexander Nanta Linggi (above) said this is especially for economic activities involving face-to-face contact.
“The retail, distribution, and services are...
The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs will make vaccination of employees in the retail sector one of the conditions for companies to resume operations.
Its minister Alexander Nanta Linggi (above) said this is especially for economic activities involving face-to-face contact.
“The retail, distribution, and services are among important economic sectors for the development of the country.
“They are also sectors which have been adversely affected by the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) where almost the entire retail sector was not allowed to operate except those in essential services.
“Therefore, the ministry hopes that vaccination for workers in the retail sector can be expedited to enable businesses to reopen and operate fully sooner under the National Recovery Plan (NRP),” he said in a statement today.
He said the ministry was also looking into expanding industrial vaccination centres (PPVIN) for the retail industry vaccination programme (RiVAC) outside the Klang Valley, especially in Johor and Penang, in the near future.
“Additional PPVIN will accelerate Operation Surge Capacity's objective which targets 100 percent of the Klang Valley population to receive at least the first dose of the vaccine by Aug 1.
He said there are currently five RiVAC PPVINs in the Klang Valley that started operations this week and one RiVAC PPVIN in Malacca would start operating in early August.
He said thus far, 226,353 employees in the retail and distribution industry nationwide have registered with the RiVAC through 4,033 companies.
“As of yesterday, 2,348 people received the first dose of vaccine at the RiVAC PPVIN at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (MVEC); 1,206 at the RiVAC PPVIN at IOI City Mall, and 779 people at the RiVAC PPVIN Petaling Jaya Performing Arts Centre, in Bandar Utama,” he said.
For further information and registration, visit the ministry's portal or contact the Trade Distribution and Services Industry Secretariat (SPIP) at 03-8882 5881/ 5905 or email rov@kpdnhep.gov.my.
- Bernama
