The Sabah Health Department director said that outreach efforts are underway to get into hard-to-reach interior areas.
Dr Rose said going into remote areas is not the same as vaccination centres, where one centre can administer up thousands of jabs per day. She said there was also a possibility that many non-citizens in these areas are afraid to come out and get vaccinated for fear of legal repercussions. On Thursday, state Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said that travel in and out of the state's nine districts – including the more urbanised Tawau and Sandakan districts – would not be allowed until at least 60% of the adult population was fully vaccinated.
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