Nearing the goal for workers’ jabs


Workers waiting for their turn to receive the vaccine at Jabil Penang’s on-site PPV in Bayan Lepas, Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

ABOUT 80,000 industry workers in Penang are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19 through eight on-site vaccination centres which are in the factories.

Malaysian Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) president Datuk Seri Wong Siew Hai said 79,294 employees from 108 companies had completed their two doses as of Thursday.

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