KUANTAN (Bernama): Almost all officers and personnel of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) involving 132,885 people have completed two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Ismail Sabri, who is also Defence Minister, said the giving of vaccines to MAF personnel was seen as facilitating the frontliners in carrying out their duties including conducting military training.
"They are involved in national defence operations, So, indeed, we give priority for vaccinations to them as we fear they cannot be mobilised if anything happens ,” he told reporters after attending the Taming Sari Exercise 20/21 at Marine Region 1 RMN headquarters here Thursday . Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said that two more Royal Malaysian Navy Littoral Mission Ships were expected to arrive at the end of this year.
Commenting on the exercise which involved 1,080 RMN, Royal Malaysian Air Force and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency personnel, he said it was aimed at testing the capabilities of the equipment for detecting and tracking, and the missile launching systems for RMN ships and submarines.
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