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“Lessons Learnt From Phase I Roll Out of COVID-19

Vaccines” by Dr. Norzaihan binti Hassan

Thank you, Datuk Dr. Thomas. Assalamualaikum and good afternoon to all viewers. The title
of my presentation is “Lessons Learnt from Phase I Roll out of COVID-19 Vaccines”. My
presentation is divided into four parts: introduction, our experience in planning for Phase I
vaccination, how we set up the mass vaccination, the challenges and ways to overcome them.

Introduction

We started the vaccination programme on 28 of February 2021 with a group of vaccinators.
There are four vaccine storage centres in Kelantan, which are located at the districts of Kota
Bharu, Pasir Mas, Kuala Krai, and Gua Musang. The vaccine storage centre is also known as
Pusat Simpanan Vaksin or PSV. In Kota Bharu’s vaccination centres, Pusat Pemberian Vaksin
(PPV) are located at the clinics and hospitals.

Planning for Phase I

We needed to provide a suitable place for ultra low temperature freezer (ULTF). (The
Comirnaty, the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine needs to be stored in
ULTF). We also streamlined the electricity supply to avoid any power supply problem to the
fridge. We had a few meetings with our Tenaga Nasional Berhad team and engineers to
ensure that there will be no internal or external fault in the power supply to the fridge. To
ensure the safety of vaccines, a mobile police station and a closed-circuit television (CCTV)
has been installed in strategic locations in our vaccine storage centre (PSV).

Preparation: Manpower

The vaccinators consist of medical specialists, medical officers, paramedics, and nurses. They
have their own responsibilities. The medical officers are responsible for handling medical
problems of the vaccine recipients. The paramedics will manage the vaccination process like
filling up the Vaccine Administration System (MyVAS). They are also the navigator in the
process of vaccination. We chose nurses from school health teams and those working in the