First Pikas centre in Batu Pahat ready to operate within two months

Gearing up: The Pikas vaccination centre at Ramatex Group’s plant in Batu Pahat is expected to inoculate about 30,000 employees from 90 factories.

BATU PAHAT: The first Public-Private Partnership Industrial Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pikas) vaccination centre here is expected to inoculate about 30,000 employees from 90 factories within two months.

The vaccination centre (PPV), set up at textile firm Ramatex Group’s new and vacant seven-storey plant, began operating on Aug 12 and can vaccinate up to 1,500 individuals a day.

Company adviser and its Pikas PPV chairman Datuk Lim Chai Kui said the firm had initially applied for an on-site PPV to inoculate its 15,000 staff members.