'No show' a speed bump in Brunei's vaccination drive


BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Three hundred (or 30 per cent) of foreign workers and 200 locals (10 per cent) did not turn up to get inoculated at the Indoor Stadium Vaccination Centre on Friday (Oct 1) and Sunday, Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar said at a press conference on Monday.

A thousand slots were allocated for foreign workers on Sunday, and 2,000 slots were allocated for locals on Friday, from 2pm to 8pm.

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