KUALA LUMPUR: The Sungai Besi military camp here has been selected as a drive-through vaccination centre (PPV) for military personnel and their families as a pilot project which will be implemented soon, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
"If it proves to be a success with the military personnel and their family members, then more drive-through PPVs will be opened to the public. The locations will be announced later.
"The drive-through vaccination is easier, safer and faster. While expediting the vaccination process, it can also prevent and curb the spread of Covid-19 among the public more effectively," he told reporters after attending the launch of the Armed Forces Covid-19 Modular Hospital at the Tuanku Mizan Military Hospital here today.
Ismail Sabri, who is senior minister (security cluster), said the construction of the hospital was expected to be completed in three months using pre-fabricated modules.
It will have 64 beds, including 16 in the intensive care unit, he said.
On the reported breach of Malaysian airspace by 16 Chinese military aircraft recently, Ismail Sabri said the matter was being handled by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) which will not allow the nation's sovereignty to be compromised.
On Tuesday, RMAF chief General Tan Sri Ackbal Abdul Samad said 16 People's Liberation Army-Air Force aircraft were detected flying close to the national airspace over the Malaysian Maritime Zone (MMZ) by the RMAF Air Defence Radar from the Air Defence Centre in Sarawak at 11.53am the previous day.
The RMAF identified the aircraft types as Ilyushin Il-76 and Xian Y-20, which are strategic transport aircraft and capable of carrying out various missions.
On the same day, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein also said Wisma Putra would issue a diplomatic note to protest against the intrusion of Chinese air force aircraft into Malaysian airspace to the government of China. – Bernama