Monday, 19 Apr 2021 04:57 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Khairy Jamaluddin, who leads the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) in a joint press conference with Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, in Putrajaya, April 19, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 Merely 0.003 per cent of frontliners who have received both doses of Covid-19 were then later reported to be infected, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today.
He said that since only nine people out of 272,019 were infected, this proves that the vaccine does work.
“Nine cases of those people who have received two doses two full doses and have tested positive for Covid-19. That works out to 0.003 per cent of medical frontliners who have been fully vaccinated with two doses and tested positive for Covid-19.
Monday, 19 Apr 2021 10:17 AM MYT
BY JOHN BUNYAN
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin speaks during a press conference at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur January 5, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has rebutted anti-vaccine groups claiming that Covid-19 vaccines are ineffective.
He slammed anti-vaxxers for flooding social media with posts likening Covid-19 vaccinations to injections with water in response to the Health Ministry’s (MoH) revelation that 40 of its staff had contracted the coronavirus after their inoculations.
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Global covid-19 cases hit a weekly record despite vaccine rollouts, topping 5.2 million worldwide.
The European Union exercised its option for a further 100 million doses of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine, boosting its order from the companies to 600 million doses. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson canceled a visit to India next week amid soaring coronavirus cases in the country and the emergence of a new variant.
The Philippines will resume the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccines on individuals under 60 years old. Quarantine-free travel kicked off between Australia and New Zealand.