Fast-track plan to vaccinate Orang Asli


Halimah (right) talking to one of the Kanag villagers at a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Kampung Selangi.

JOHOR Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) wants to complete the Covid-19 immunisation programme for Orang Asli community in the state by October.

Its director Faisal Long said the department would work closely with the district offices and district health offices beginning July to have the indigenous people inoculated.

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