Bringing back fully vaccinated workers

Protecting workers: Industrial workers waiting to be vaccinated at a Pikas (Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation Programme) vaccination centre at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre early in July. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

BY today, almost all adults in the Klang Valley should have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose. The government’s Operation Surge Capacity aimed to have everyone aged 18 and above in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur – two areas with soaring numbers of cases – jabbed with at least one dose by Aug 1. The mission, undertaken by the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force, aimed to cover over 6.1 million Klang Valley adults.

As at Friday, 90.3% of the adult population in the Klang Valley had received at least one dose of their vaccination while 34.3% had received two doses.As this group largely consists of working people, employers are hoping for fully vaccinated workers to be allowed to physically return to the workplace and stop working from home. But at the same time, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) urges all bosses to monitor compliance with Covid-19 SOPs to prevent outbreaks at work.