Published on: Tuesday, February 09, 2021
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Kuala Lumpur: Still sceptical about the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine and its ability to help save millions of lives every year?
Are you aware that the country has successfully implemented various immunisation programmes, for example for polio and chicken pox, over the past seven decades?
According to scientist Ts. Dr Ummirul Mukmimin Kahar, from the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM), the National Immunisation Plan has saved the lives of two to three million Malaysians every year from various diseases through vaccination.
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In Malaysia, the National Immunisation Plan was introduced in the early 1950s. The service is provided free of charge to protect children from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, measles, mumps, rubella, human papillomavirus and Japanese encephalitis.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Still sceptical about the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine and its ability to help save millions of lives every year?
Are you aware that the country has successfully implemented various immunisation programmes, for example for polio and chicken pox, over the past seven decades?
According to scientist Ts. Dr Ummirul Mukmimin Kahar, from the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM), the National Immunisation Plan has saved the lives of two to three million Malaysians every year from various diseases through vaccination.
In Malaysia, the National Immunisation Plan was introduced in the early 1950s. The service is provided free of charge to protect children from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, measles, mumps, rubella, human papillomavirus and Japanese encephalitis.
Published on: Monday, February 08, 2021
By: Bernama
Photo: AP
Kuala Lumpur: The country is expected to need a year to achieve herd immunity for the coronavirus through the National COVID-19 Immunisation Plan, one of the largest vaccination programmes in Malaysia.
Scientist Ts. Dr Ummirul Mukmimin Kahar from the Malaysian Genome Institute, National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) said that to achieve herd immunity, 80 per cent of the population needs to be vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Malaysia is expected to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech by the end of February with frontline staff being among early recipients of the vaccine.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): The country is expected to need a year to achieve herd immunity for the coronavirus through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan, one of the largest vaccination programmes in Malaysia. Scientist Ts. Dr Ummirul Mukmimin Kahar from the Malaysian Genome Institute, National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) said that to achieve herd immunity, 80% of the population needs to be vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine.