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#ENTERING THE ENDEMIC PHASE

In addition, the organization of the National
COVID-19 Immunization Program (PICK) Level
National Institutes of Health successfully offered
the vaccine COVID-19 to NIH frontline staff such as
COVID-19 laboratory staff, mobilization team
and all NIH staff which also includes cleaning
concession workers, security guards and NIH
cafeteria personnel for first dose, second dose
and booster dose. As of 31 December 2021, a
st
total of 1212 booster doses have been given to
employees with sufficient duration and criteria
for the administration of booster doses.

In line with the motto of the Ministry of Health
Malaysia (MOH), “Kami Sedia Membantu”, OSH
NIH staff consisting of Medical Officers, Nurses OSH NIH medical officers were also mobilized to the Covid-19
and Health Care Assistants were also mobilized to the Assessment Center (CAC) around DHO Petaling, Klang and
vaccine centre (PPV) (Figure 4) under the supervision of Titiwangsa together with the Virology Unit, IMR team for the
DHO Klang for assist in the implementation of PICK at the purpose of validating the Covid-19 self-test kit before being
community level. approved by the Medical Device Authority (MDA) for market
purposes.

Being at the National Institutes of Health, OSH NIH
cannot be denied from assisting other institutes for
the purpose of medical and public health research.
OSH NIH has assisted the Institute of Public Health
(IKU) and Institute for Medical Research (IMR) teams as
COVID-19 vaccinator as well as phlebotomists for the
Post Vaccination COVID-19 Immunity & Disease Surveillance
in Malaysia (IMSURE) (Figure 4) project at selected public
PPVs around the Klang Valley involving adults as well as
adolescents. Unrelated COVID-19 research collaboration
of with IKU for the project; Evaluation of Point of Care for
Capillary Blood Glucose, Blood Cholesterol and HbA1c in
Diabetes & High Cholesterol Screening (E-POCT) and IMR
for Cardiometabolic and Anthropometric Outcomes of
Figure 4: ‘The organization of the National COVID-19 Immunization Intermittent Fasting Among Overweight and Obese Civil
Program (PICK) Level National Institutes of Health’ > the National
COVID-19 Immunization Program (PICK) organized in NIH. Servant (CAIFA) projects.

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