KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Vaccination priority should be given to construction industry workers and those in the building materials supply chain under Phase Two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme , with a target of full vaccination — or two doses — by the third quarter of 2021, said the Master Builders Association Malaysia .
Its president Tan Sri Sufri Zin said under the Construction Industry Vaccination Programme , only 40,000 vaccines were allocated for workers in Phase One and 100,000 in Phase Two, accounting for only 10 per cent of the total construction industry workforce comprising about 1.4 million people. According to Sufri, the association has also agreed that the reopening of the construction industry should start now and not in Phase Three of the National Recovery Plan .
Sufri said the extension of Phase One to July 2021 without a clear-end date is also a sign that the transition to the next NRP phase remains subjective.