Web GIS Development for National COVID-19 Immunization Programme

ABSTRACT

Sustainable coordination and certainty of delivery are essential to achieving holistic COVID-19 vaccination, which covers the whole country. On November 4th 2020, the National Security Council (NSC) has structured the COVID-19 Risk Area Geo-Data Working Group, which consists of the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH), Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM), Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), PLAN Malaysia and Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA). As of February 2021, Malaysia has access to 66.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines supplied through the COVAX Facility and initial purchases from 5 vaccine manufacturers. Vaccination for COVID-19 is voluntary and will be provided free of charge to all Malaysian citizens and non-citizens in three phases. JUPEM through the Defence Geospatial Division (BGSP) has been entrusted to develop a Web GIS application, after a string of successes in developing Joint Common Operation Picture (JCOP) in the early stages of transmission of COVID-19. BGSP has developed Web Applications and Dashboards to provide an overview that can help in the planning, implementation and operation of vaccination centres for the National COVID-19 Immunization Programme (PICK) in Malaysia.