Azlan Othman
Some 24 lucky draw winners were named for the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Progresif Sdn Bhd’s campaign to boost the COVID-19 vaccination.
The campaign, comprising two lucky draws for February and April, was aimed at getting the booster shots up to 70 per cent of Brunei population and encourage children aged five to 11 to get vaccinated.
The lucky draws’ winners received prizes at the Progresif headquarters yesterday.
Datastream Group of Companies Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Cheng Siok Tuan; Integrated Communications Sdn Bhd General Manager Juliana Sim; Head of the Health Promotion Centre Dr Norhayati binti Haji Mohd Kassim; Acting Director of Administration and Finance at the MoH Haji Kamarul Azam bin Haji Mohamad were present at the event.
Progresif CEO Hajah Nurul Haniah binti Haji Jaafar in her speech thanked MoH frontliners for their dedication and service to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and help the Sultanate in the recovery phase.
Deputy Permanent Secretary (Professional) at the MoH Dr Ang Swee Hui, the guest of honour, presented the grand prizes of the campaign.
The four grand winners were Haji Morni bin Awang Damit from Brunei-Muara District, Siti Hanisah binti Zulkopali from Tutong District, Noradeewati binti Amat from Temburong District and Kumarasamy Raja Kumarasamy Alagumuthu from Belait District. They each won a Vivo Y76 mobile phone with subscription.
Hajah Nurul Haniah also presented Progresif prepaid starter packs and Progresif merchandise to 10 winners.
The winners were drawn from 315,485 people who took the booster shot across the country.
Cheng Siok Tuan presented prizes to winners of the children vaccination campaign – Dayangku Nurizatul Ajeelah binti Pengiran Kamal Ariffin from Brunei-Muara District, Noor Atikah Amalina binti Daud from Tutong District, Afina Arissa Nurthahirah binti Mohammad Hanafi from Temburong District and Zaheen Nur Zahira binti Haji Md Harmaini from Belait District. They each won a Samsung Tab A7 Lite LTE with subscription.
Ten consolation prize winners were each given Progresif prepaid starter pack and Progresif merchandise.
The winners were drawn from among 36,381 children aged five to 11 who were administered the vaccine.
