Proton COVID-19 vaccination programme operating in a full swing

KUALA LUMPUR: Proton has started the COVID-19 vaccination programme for its staff last month and now more than 86% of its total 8,486 employees are fully vaccinated against the deadly virus. While releasing this information, the national automaker also mentioned that 98% of staff members have received their first dose and thus the percentage of fully vaccinated staff will rise in the upcoming weeks. 

For this, the automaker has repurposed its sports complex at the Tanjung Malim facility as the dispensing centre (PPVIN), where not only the company’s staff but also its vendors and dealers are getting the vaccination. However, for the staff based in Shah Alam, Proton’s Shah Alam Convention Centre (SACC) served the purpose. 

“PROTON is pleased to announce our PIKAS vaccination programme has been a resounding success. There are more than 60,000 people in our business ecosystem, including staff from vendors and dealers, so we are thankful to MITI, MOSTI, and the Ministry of Health (MOH) for their guidance to coordinate such a mammoth task and ensuring everyone registered on MySejahtera has been given the vaccine,” said Dr. Li Chunrong, Chief Executive Officer, PROTON.

“PROTON is committed to helping Malaysia lower the number of Covid-19 infections to quickly achieve the milestones in the national recovery plan. We have created new processes in all areas, from our production lines to our corporate offices, ensuring a new and safer work environment. It also means strict new rules will be enforced throughout the company and measures such as virtual meetings and splitting work between home and the office will be the norm for the near future,” added Dr. Li Chunrong.

Proton has recently launched the all-new Persona sedan and Iriz hatchback with a number of design and feature updates. We hope the vaccination drive will help the company in serving its customers in a better way once the industry gets a greenlight for resuming the operations nationwide.

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