PETALING JAYA: Employers who are planning to have their workers get booster jabs can do so through a special two-day vaccination drive.

       They, however, need to apply for the programme, said ProtectHealth Corporation chief executive officer Datuk Dr Anas Alam Faizli.

       He said previously, most employees would go to the vaccination centres (PPV), but now if employers choose to go through this programme, they can set up a two-day vaccination drive.

       “This programme provides a more controlled and easier way for the employees, especially those working in factories.

       “We have to be prepared for the Omicron variant, so boosters need to be given to employees at a faster rate,” he told The Star yesterday.

       ProtectHealth is the government-appointed implementer of private medical practitioner participation in the immunisation programme.

       The programme targets a specific population and for a short period of specific communities in rural areas or the interiors, at companies, at factories or any other location as approved by ProtectHealth.

       Private medical practitioners and healthcare NGOs must submit the application to ProtectHealth to conduct any outreach programme.

       Dr Anas said the vaccine was free and provided by the government.

       “Employers should also provide an appropriate venue and non-clinical infrastructure for the provider to do the vaccination,” he added.

       He added that a total of 52 PPV outreach programmes had been conducted with 27 PPV outreach vaccinations for employees at workplaces and 25 for communities.