Employers to pay for jabs


Making it easy: The number of those being vaccinated is increasing with the various vaccination plans including Pikas, opening up additional vaccine centres and the introduction of the Mobile Vaccine truck. — SAMUEL ONG/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The authorities will ensure that employers do not make workers absorb the vaccination costs under the Program Imunisasi Industri Covid-19 Kerjasama Awam-Swasta (Pikas), says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.

According to Azmin, vaccines are free but industries have agreed to absorb the cost of facility to accelerate the vaccination program.

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