I WOULD like to appeal to the Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) for it to seriously consider the safety of medical students (in their clinical years) who are learning and working along with their lecturers in hospitals. They are the only ones not vaccinated for Covid-19 in the clinical setting.
These students should be regarded as members of the medical team since they are performing history-taking and physical examinations and assisting in procedures in the clinics and wards as part of their education. Medical schools/faculties in countries like the United States, Britain, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines have included medical students in their vaccination plan for frontliners.