Room for improvement: Now that the app is the main platform for vaccination bookings, it needs to be more robust, intuitive and responsive to be able to handle heavy traffic, especially at times when thousands try to log in simultaneously.
ON Sunday, I had an inkling of what K-pop fans go through when they try to buy tickets to concerts by their favourite artistes. What I was doing was not so exciting though: All I wanted was a slot for my AstraZeneca vaccination.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had announced bookings would start at noon on May 2.
So like a hopeful K-pop concertgoer waiting for ticket reservations to open, I was all ready by 11.45am with the MySejahtera app on my phone.
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YOURSAY | ‘Can I give up my slot for my elderly parents who tried to get on the queue but could not?’
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With about 270,000 doses, mathematically, there may be two or three cases of blood clots and no deaths if everyone is alert.
If that is suspected, seek medical care. Treatment is with oral anticoagulant or IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin). Do not use IV (intravenous) heparin since this blood clot and low platelet condition mimics heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT).
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He said the high utilisation rate showed that the government was doing all it could to quickly administer as much vaccine to as many people as possible.
However, Khairy who is the coordinating minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, said the government’s desire was hampered by the issue of supply.
“To date, we have received 1,938,660 doses of vaccines from Pfizer, Sinovac and AstraZeneca and we have already injected 1,453,382 doses. This is a utilisation rate of 75%.
“I understand that everyone wants to be vaccinated early. It is not a question of the government not wanting to administer jabs quickly. But the issue here is with the supply.
Check if your AstraZeneca vaccine appointment was retimed
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The first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is set to be administered tomorrow but those who have already received their appointment may want to double-check the timing.
This was after some who received their appointments complained yesterday that they were retimed.
Malaysiakini reached out to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s office.
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