BATU GAJAH: Pangkor Island is expected to reopen for domestic tourists on Nov 1, under a travel bubble programme.
However, state Housing, Local Government and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi said the final decision would be made by the National Security Council and the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (MOTAC).
Nolee said there are criteria that have not been met, especially vaccination rollouts, and the actual number of people who have been vaccinated on the island.
"There are no vaccination centres (PPV) on the island causing numerous vaccination programmes to be done through community outreach programmes. Most of the people on the island are registered to be vaccinated at the Lumut PPV.
"As of last Monday, only 87 out of about 5,900 tourism industry players were yet to be vaccinated due to certain problems such as quarantine and certain illness.
"So we want ensure all those who were not vaccinated do so at the PPV Lumut and ensure the number of those who received their vaccines through outreach programmes in Pangkor Island to prove we achieved 80 percent herd immunity," she said after handing over food assistance at Al-Hidayah Mosque in Kampung Batu 8 here, today.
To achieve herd immunity in Pangkor Island, at least 8,026 eligible residents, aged 18 and above, need to receive the vaccine out of the total 11,500 population on the island.
On Aug 14, MOTAC minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said top island resorts such as Langkawi, Pangkor, Redang, Tioman and Perhentian need to achieve herd immunity by end of August and be ready for reopening in early September.
However, Nancy said this would depend on the government's decision and the standard operating procedures (SOP) to be set.
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