(left) CIDB director Dr Roland Chia and Shareda president Datuk Chua Soon Ping
KOTA KINABALU: A special task force has been set up to expedite Sabah's Construction Industry Vaccination (CIVac) programme in a bid to achieve herd immunity and reduce Covid-19 workplace clusters.
The task force consists of state and federal agencies as well as stakeholders including developers, builders, professional consultants, hardware and materials suppliers, said Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) director Dr Roland Chia Ming Shen.
"The vaccines are provided free of charge but there is a RM90 administrative fee per person to cover the medical facilities and venue expenses.
"CIVac is a public-private initiative to accelerate vaccination," Chia said in a joint statement by CIDB and the Sabah Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Shareda) on Monday (July 12).
In the joint statement, Shareda president Datuk Chua Soon Ping said all industry players are encouraged to register for the vaccination before July 18.
For projects under construction, he said the developers or contractors should register all their site workers to enable them to resume work when vaccination is completed.
He added that the association was happy the state government was moving to speed up vaccinations in Sabah.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor had announced earlier that Sabah will receive 2.2 million doses within the next two months to speed up vaccinations across the state.
Members of the construction industry in Sabah may register for the vaccination programme online via http://tinyurl.com/rrvdhje3.
