PETALING JAYA: The special protection scheme for Covid-19 vaccine side effects must clearly set out key details such as eligibility criteria and the timeframe for greater transparency, say legal experts.
Lawyer Charlaine Chin, who specialises in medico-legal cases, said the eligibility criteria should include whether this would be open to all people under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme or only for a selected portion.
“There should also be clear guidelines on the side effects and the severity that are covered under the scheme. This is to ensure that the same yardstick is applicable across the board, ” she said.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had said that details of the plan would be announced tomorrow.
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Immunisation strategies key to success 09 Mar 2021 / 11:11 H. Coordinating Minister for National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, who is also Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin showing the COVID-19 Vaccination Status at My Sejahtera application after conducting a simulation of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme at Health Ministry on Feb 23. - Bernama
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both online and offline vaccine registrations were introduced last week, low public registration for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) raises concern that Malaysia might not achieve herd immunity anytime soon.
According to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, only 6.1% of the population (1,468,137 individuals) have registered for vaccination via the MySejahtera mobile application as of 11am on March 1.