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You’re welcome: Samri showing the Thank You screen after registering to be vaccinated at Pulau Carey. — KK SHAM/The Star KLANG: Samri Abdul Rahman hopes to be the first one out the door when Malaysians are able to travel with the digital certification of their vaccination status on the MySejahtera app. The 46-year-old Mah Meri woodcarver from Kampung Orang Asli Sungai Bumbun in Pulau Carey said, “I want to be prepared for when I can travel again.” He added, “I wanted to register for t...

PETALING JAYA: Rapid mass vaccination is the way out of the current economic and public health crisis, with Malaysia achieving its target of 200,000 jabs ahead of schedule, says Khairy Jamaluddin. “Our way out of this crisis depends on our collective strength as a society to roll out a rapid immunisation plan while managing the daily new cases and surge in terms of hospital capacity,” said the coordinating minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Khairy, who is also Science...

TANGKAK: All vaccine dispensing centres (PPV) in the country will be operating seven days a week instead of five, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said this was in line with the government’s effort to increase vaccination rates to meet the target of the National Recovery Plan, he said. “The government has decided that all PPV will be operating seven days a week with the operating hours extended, ” he said after visiting PPV Dewan Muafakat Johor Gambir here yesterday. Muhy...

Calling for caution: Fadillah said that although the views of industry players are being heard, the ministry has to abide by the decision made by the NSC. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star PETALING JAYA: While essential industries are allowed to operate, “non-essential” industries in the same supply chain that feed into them or from them are asking for the same leeway. Their rationale, supported by the essential industries, is that there is a need to procure goods to allow the companies permitte...

SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan will receive nearly triple the doses of Covid-19 vaccines from next month and see the opening of more vaccination centres, allowing 80% of the state’s population to be inoculated ahead of schedule. National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the increase in the number of doses was necessary as the number of cases in the state had surged in recent days. “Currently, Negri Sembilan gets an average of 7, 000 doses a day and we i...

PETALING JAYA: Unions say workers are ready to return if more economic sectors gradually reopen, provided that the herd immunity among workers has been achieved and tight standard operating procedures are practised at workplaces. Malaysian Trades Union Congress deputy president Mohd Effendy Abdul Ghani said as workers wanted to keep their jobs, there was the worry that some employers might not follow the SOP once given the green light to operate. “The government has announced the National Rec...

Tuesday, 22 Jun 2021 08:21 PM MYT Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he had also instructed all ministers involved in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to ask the vaccine manufacturers to provide Malaysia with the supplies faster. — Bernama pic Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. TANGKAK, June 22 — The government has completed the purchase and payments for Covid-19 vaccine supplies to meet the demand to accelerate vaccina...

EU ambassador says Msia received millions amid KJs vaccine-hoarding claims Published Modified8:34 am better reflect the EU ambassadors comments and to  add background on vaccine hoarding and purchases by the EU and Malaysia.  The European Union (EU) said it has already shipped 4.087 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses and approved the export of another 5 million doses for Malaysia. “By June 21, 5 million doses have been approved for exportation and 4,087,000 doses have been effectively tr...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 vaccination rate reached another high on Thursday (June 17) as 221,706 jabs were administered throughout the country.

Health workers administered 221,706 COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday to give the country a total of 5.3 million doses to date, according to data released by the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Supply (JKJAV). The committee said 177,876 people were given their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while 43,830 others completed their second dose […] The post Malaysia administered over 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses daily for 3...