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Frontliners & Vaccination Frontliners & Vaccination

1 Mar 2021: 1 Mar 2021: Who are Eligible Frontliners? Government releases guideline for setting
The Prime the list of frontliners for the National COVID-19 immunisation program (PICK). § §
Minister §
thanks all Category 1 Category 2
frontliners 1. Medical officers 1. Health sectors (general practitioners, private clinic
dentists, traditional medicine practitioners, private labs)
who worked 2. Dentists 2. Members of security services (police, armed forces,
3. Pharmacists
hard day and 4. Science officers firefighters, civil defense, maritime enforcement,
night in facing 5. Environmental health officers immigration department, people's volunteer corp)
6. Nurses 3. Social welfare department
the COVID-19 7. Assistant medical officers 4. Customs department
pandemic over 8. Assistant pharmacists 5. MOH contractors
9. Assistant environmental health officers 6. Person handling hemodialysis services
the past year. 10. Radiographers 7. Primary and secondary school teachers with chronic
11. Medical lab technicians diseases
He commends 12. Hospital attendants 8. Cabinet ministers
13. Drivers 9. State Executive Council
MOH on 14. Public health assistants 10. Members of parliament
achieving an 15. Others who are directly involved in treatment 11. State assemblies
and care (under MOH, MOD, teaching hospitals, and 12. Officials involved in Cabinet ministers' official overseas
effective private hospitals) visit
health system Source: DG Hisham Twitter §
for treating 2 Mar 2021: Legal Action Individuals who cut queues for the COVID-19 vaccine could
COVID-19 be prosecuted under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988. §
patients, with Source: MOH Facebook §
a low death
rate (0.4%)
and its I would like to take this opportunity to express my
readiness to deepest gratitude to all the frontliners, many of whom I

vaccinate at could not mention one by one, who have worked hard
least 126,000 day and night, protecting and saving us all from the
individuals COVID-19 pandemic over the past year.
daily at 600
vaccination As a sign to support them, I would like to invite all of you
locations to register on the MySejahtera application to take the
nationwide. COVID-19 vaccine as our joint effort in fighting this

§ pandemic.
Translated text

- YAB Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin bin Haji Mohd. Yassin §
Source: MOH Facebook §
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