Monday, 10 May 2021 05:00 AM MYT
BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY
A nurse administers a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Dewan Gemilang UKM vaccination centre in Bangi May 5, 2021. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 The government should take active measures to ensure the delayed arrival of Covid-19 vaccines does not jeopardise the National Immunisation Programme, health experts said.
After coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin revealed that the main phase of the NIP could be delayed due to the slow delivery of the vaccines, the health experts said the government could try to minimise the effects of these delays as much as possible.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 State-owned oil and gas giant Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has confirmed that some of its staff members have received Covid-19 vaccines under phase one of the National Immunisation Programme (NIP). In a statement, Petronas said these staff members were considered.
Petronas: Labuan staff fast-tracked for vaccines as industrial frontliners
Published
A
-
Some Petronas staff members from Labuan have received Covid-19 vaccines under phase one of the National Immunisation Programme (NIP).
The oil and gas employees were considered industrial frontliners and the vaccination was fast-tracked as a Covid-19 cluster emerged on the island.
“Petronas confirms that a number of its personnel in Labuan have been vaccinated as part of.
All Access Plan
The AstraZeneca vaccine rollout began in Malaysia on a voluntary basis yesterday.
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin had said that the interval between the first and second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is set at 12 weeks.
He said this is in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations, and is currently being practised in the United Kingdom.
He did, however, say that the government would review applications for a shorter interval on a case-by-case basis.
Registration for the AstraZeneca vaccine opened on May 2 to 268,000 people in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor on a “first click and first serve” basis via the JKJAV website.
MP SPEAKS | Danger! We’re reaching the half-a-million mark in Covid-19 cases
Modified2:10 am
-
MP SPEAKS | Malaysia has a cumulative total of 424,376 Covid-19 cases, overtaking Saudi Arabia, which has 422,316 cases, and is now ranked No 42 among nations in the world with the most number of Covid-19 cases.
The country recorded 3,744 new cases yesterday. At this rate of increase, we will reach the half-a-million mark for a cumulative total of Covid-19 cases by the end of this month.
This is a world ranking and a world record which Malaysia has nothing to be proud of.
Together with the announcement yesterday by the coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin that phase three of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) might be delayed beyond its intended kick-off in May, it is a double-whammy for Malaysia’s war against the Covid-19 pandemic.