KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Proton Holdings Bhd today kick started its vaccination programme for its staff at its operations bases in Tanjung Malim and Shah Alam.
To expedite the vaccination efforts in Tanjung Malim, the national car manufacturer said it has worked with federal and Perak authorities to repurpose its sports complex into an industry vaccine dispensing centre (PPVIN).
“With a maximum daily volume of approximately 800 people, the PPVIN will be in operation for six days to ensure staff from Proton as well as vendors based there are vaccinated,” Proton said in a statement.
“For staff in Shah Alam, they will receive their vaccines at the Shah Alam Convention Centre as there is no space large enough at Proton’s own premises for a temporary PPV that complies to standard operating procedure requirements,” it added.
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Proton said staff from both operations bases who are not yet vaccinated were notified of their appointments via the MySejahtera app, which will be spread out over several days to ensure everyone who opted-in for the vaccine received their first dose.
Proton CEO Dr Li Chunrong said with other companies undertaking similar initiatives, the vaccination programme should help in efforts to restart the automotive industry that has been put on hold by lockdown measures.
“Proton hopes that by vaccinating our staff, we will contribute to reducing the number of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia,” he said.
Li said the company expects most of its employees to be fully vaccinated by the first half of August.
Proton said the vaccination dispensing exercise will be repeated three weeks later for the staff to receive their second dose of the vaccine.
