Despite outcry, vaccinations for migrants remain crucial 28 Apr 2021 / 08:46 H. Bernama
This is the first of two articles on the Covid-19 vaccination of migrants.
KUALA LUMPUR: Ensuring migrants have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine is crucial to gain control of the coronavirus, despite calls to have non-citizens pay for them or sideline them altogether, experts say.
Datuk Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, president of MERCY Malaysia, said scientific evidence, and not public sentiment, should dictate public health measures.
“Public health wisdom dictates we have to ensure as many people as possible . get immunised, get vaccinated so that we can have herd immunity, which will then hopefully come into effect and break the chain of transmission once and for all.
Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 08:49 AM MYT
A foreign worker is pictured outside his shared house in Kuala Lumpur September 13, 2020. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 Ensuring migrants have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine is crucial to gain control of the coronavirus, despite calls to have non-citizens pay for them or sideline them altogether, experts say.
Datuk Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, president of Mercy Malaysia, said scientific evidence, and not public sentiment, should dictate public health measures.
“Public health wisdom dictates we have to ensure as many people as possible. get immunised, get vaccinated so that we can have herd immunity, which will then hopefully come into effect and break the chain of transmission once and for all.
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After rumors circulated on social media that some workers of Genting Group have been vaccinated ahead of the elderly and high-risk individuals, the Federal Minister in charge of rolling out vaccines has laid the blame squarely at the feet of state officers.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said in a statement that he had never issued such a directive the decision to do so was made by the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) in Pahang.
Following the rollout of phase 1 vaccinations for frontliners, Khairy said some states had thought they could roll out the vaccine to other recipients.
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(Bloomberg) Malaysia will allow people to use AstraZenecaâs Covid vaccine on a voluntary basis and exclude the shots from its inoculation program amid public concerns about their safety.
(Bloomberg) Malaysia will allow people to use AstraZenecaâs Covid vaccine on a voluntary basis and exclude the shots from its inoculation program amid public concerns about their safety.
âPeople are concerned about the safety of the vaccine despite science and data showing it safe and effective,â Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday. âWe want to deal with these concerns to avoid disrupting the immunization program.â