Mountain guides and porters get their jabs


First dose: Hajiji (in yellow cap) observing the vaccination of mountain guides and staff at Kinabalu Park in Kundasang.

KOTA KINABALU: Some 200 registered mountain guides and porters have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.Their inoculation was conducted at Kinabalu Park in Kundasang on the foothills of Mount Kinabalu.

Mount Kinabalu Mountain Guides Association chairman Danson Bulangai said the mountain guides and porters were glad to finally receive their vaccination while those who had not were eager for their turn.

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