KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry is agreeable that employers grant their employees leave to take Covid-19 vaccine shot.
Its Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the leave would give confidence to Malaysians to be vaccinated as some are still worried about the jab.
"However, it depends on the employer to give leave as the government can not declare a special holiday as it is not carried out on the same day," he said.
Saravanan said this at a media conference after attending the launch of Functional Adaptive Clothing by Social Security Organisation (Socso) here today.
Recently, Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Khairy Jamaluddin said there were several suggestions raised at the meeting of the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) with the Human Resource Ministry, among them was a call for employers to give leave to the staff to take their vaccine shots. - Bernama