KUALA LUMPUR: Starting October, the Higher Education Ministry and the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) will began vaccinating all staff and students of higher learning institution in stages.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad said the vaccination exercise aims to create a "campus bubble" to allow more students to return to campus in phases and undergo hybrid teaching and learning.
"This initiative is part of the IPT Recovery Plan that is being drawn up by the ministry.
"Several strategies and standard operating procedures (SOP) will be detailed out under the plan to ascertain if those who have been vaccinated can safely interact among themselves, within the vaccinated group of people.
"Other measures to curb Covid-19 transmission in higher education institutions are also being looked into," she said on Facebook today.
On June 3, Noraini had announced that 19 public higher learning institutions under the ministry will be converted into vaccination centres to expedite the country's Covid-19 inoculation drive.