Aggressive push for elderly to register for AstraZeneca vaccine needed
May 24, 2021
KUALA LUMPUR – The COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) has been urged to review the AstraZeneca voluntary vaccine registration process, especially involving the elderly so as to increase the percentage of registrants from this target group.
Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical and Public Health Faculty medical expert Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman said the matter should be considered in detail to speed up the vaccination process for the group and help reach the vaccination target of 80 per cent of the population to achieve herd immunity.
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She said an aggressive registration approach of engaging the elderly was better because the group might face difficulty registering online without assistance from others.
Monday, 24 May 2021 11:12 PM MYT
Members of the public wait to receive the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur May 5, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) has been urged to review the AstraZeneca voluntary vaccine registration process, especially involving the elderly so as to increase the percentage of registrants from this target group.
Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical and Public Health Faculty medical expert Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman said the matter should be considered in detail to speed up the vaccination process for the group and help reach the vaccination target of 80 per cent of the population to achieve herd immunity.
‘More aggressive push for elderly to register for AstraZeneca vaccine needed’
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The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee has been urged to review the AstraZeneca voluntary vaccine registration process, especially involving the elderly so as to increase the percentage of registrants from this target group.
Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical and Public Health Faculty medical expert Dr Malina Osman said the matter should be considered in detail to speed up the vaccination process for the group and help reach the vaccination target of 80 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity.
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The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister said that this did not have to go through Pharmaniaga, the local registration product holder for the Sinovac vaccine.
He said there were several parties interested in bringing the Sinopharm vaccine from China. It can go through anybody else who wants to try and bring in the vaccine. It can be registered with the NPRA, he said in a video late Thursday (May 20) to address several allegations made by Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim about the immunisation programme.
Anwar claimed that Pharmaniaga had a monopoly to bring in all vaccines in the country, including Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.
Friday, 21 May 2021 07:09 PM MYT
The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee said in a voice tweet today that Klang Valley residents interested in receiving the vaccine must register by 3.30pm on May 31. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAVMY) said in a voice tweet today that Klang Valley residents interested in receiving the vaccine must register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdA8AY6a-tZIBA95RATarxtgeoAT KewU6NHBIAVXF h ZlVw/viewform by 3.30pm on May 31.