Names of 446k OKU submitted for vaccination - minister

Alyaa AlhadjriPublished: Jun 4, 2021 5:44 AM | Updated: Jun 4, 2021 8:54 AM

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rina Harun said today her ministry has submitted the names of 446,000 persons with disabilities, or orang kurang upaya (OKU), who are under the Department of Social Welfare to be registered for Covid-19 vaccination.

Rina said this was to boost registration numbers of OKUs, as currently only 195,395 are registered under MySejahtera, out of 557,352 who are under the department's care.

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