Manufacturers welcome Pikas, suggest mobile vaccination units in industrial areas

Published: Jun 15, 2021 10:59 AM | Updated: Jun 15, 2021 11:02 AM

The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has welcomed the announcement of the Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industrial Immunisation Programme (Pikas) by the government, as over 1,200 companies nationwide have indicated their interest in participating in such a programme.

FMM president Soh Thian Lai said they had mobilised their network of branches nationwide since mid-May 2012 to get manufacturing companies to participate, and found over 1,200 companies with more than 180,000 employees keen on Pikas.

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