MEF URGES EMPLOYERS TO SUPPORT NATIONAL COVID-19 IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 -- Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) called upon private sector employers to continue to support the government’s efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by encouraging their employees to be vaccinated.
The federation also urged the employers to strictly adhere to the established standard operating procedures.
“Let us support the government efforts and together we make the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme a success,” MEF president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman said in a statement today.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, which began on Feb 24, will undergo three phases up to February 2022 with a target of vaccinating about 80 per cent of the local and foreign residents to establish ‘herd immunity’.
MEF said Malaysia stood a better chance at resuming normal life and to return to business as usual with the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Syed Hussain commended the government for its swift response to make available the vaccines with more than 630,000 people having registered for the programme via the MySejahtera app so far, apart from more than 500,000 frontliners that had registered for voluntary vaccination.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused much damage to business and family lives as we can no longer live our lives as before. Only by vaccination can we stand a chance to get back to normal life both in business and families,” he added.
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