Doing what they can to get jabbed


Long wait: Foreign workers queuing for the walk-in vaccination option at PVV Stadium National Bukit Jalil. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KLANG: For many undocumented foreigners and refugees, it isn’t entirely easy for them to get vaccinated against Covid-19 despite Malaysia allowing them to walk in for the jabs at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

Nina, an Indonesian who is here on an expired tourist visa, said: “Firstly, taxi and e-hailing drivers do not want to take foreign workers anymore due to fear of getting infected by them.

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