PETALING JAYA: The second round of the voluntary AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine opt-in registration, which prioritises seniors aged 60 and above, will open at noon Sunday (May 23) with the injections to be administered from June 7 to July 27.
The voluntary programme - which will be on a first-come, first-served opt-in basis for seniors in the Klang Valley, Johor, Penang and Sarawak - will see a total of 1,240,000 doses of the vaccine being offered.
The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) in a statement said on Saturday (May 22) that the first dose of the vaccine would be given at eight AstraZeneca Vaccine Administration Centres (PPVAZ).
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― Pakatan Harapan (PH) has urged the government to consider undertaking the “delayed 2nd dose vaccination strategy” as more governments around the world believe the move could be effective to rein in the spike in Covid-19 cases amid the shortage in vaccines supply. The.
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The new round of applications for the vaccine will be open only those aged 60 and above at first. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 A total of 1,240,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is offered to the elderly in the second round of the vaccination offer which is open for booking of appointment slots at noon tomorrow.
The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) in a statement said today that the vaccine injections would be given between June 7 and July 27 for the first dose at eight AstraZeneca Vaccine Administration Centres (PPVAZ).
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PETALING JAYA: Despite reports on many who registered for inoculation but did not show up for the jab, public confidence in the vaccines remains high.
Health experts told
theSun that while some have failed to make it for their appointments at the vaccination centres, a large number of those whose date for the jabs have yet been fixed, have shown up, hoping to be vaccinated early.
The quick response to a batch of AstraZeneca vaccine, which was offered on a first-come-first-served basis on May 2, is another sign that confidence remains high.