KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s construction industry players are urged to register for The Construction Industry Vaccination Program (CIVac) before 18th July.
Sabah Housing And Real estate Developers Association (SHAREDA) president, Datuk Chua Soon Ping applauded the initiative by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).
“This is in-line with the Federal Minister of Works and the Chief Minister of Sabah’s call to expedite the vaccination program of the construction industry in Sabah…
“We are glad that the federal government has responded to our call to increase vaccinations in Sabah,” he said referring to a statement by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor saying that Sabah will receive 2.2 million doses within the next two months.
He said Sabah must administer 60,000 doses per day in order to achieve herd immunity by end of the year.
“This is only possible when all parties such as Ministry of Health through programs like CIVac dedicate their resources over the next few months to speed up the vaccination in the state…
“We encourage members of the construction industry to spread the word and act swiftly to register before the deadline,” he said.
CIVac was introduced by CIDB Holdings Sdn Bhd to accelerate vaccinations among the construction workforce to achieve herd immunity and reduce the number of COVID-19 workplace clusters.
The program is aimed at protecting the well-being of employees in the construction industry and subsequently facilitate in expediting Malaysia’s economic recovery.
“The vaccines are provided free of charge but employers will need to pay for administrative costs of RM90 per person to cover medical facilities and venue expenses…
“This is because CIVac is a public-private initiative. Upon achieving the quota, the vaccination exercise will commence as soon as possible,” he said.
He said this would also allow delayed projects to resume subject to the approval and SOP guidelines by CIDB Malaysia.
