PETALING JAYA: Access to a variety of vaccines makes fighting the Covid-19 pandemic that much easier and health experts are hoping that more people in the country can get their immunisation sooner.
Universiti Malaya occupational and public health expert Prof Dr Victor Hoe said having more choices of vaccines was good for the country.
He was responding to news that the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine had met the requirements for emergency use in the United States and will be approved soon.
“As we know there are different variants of the SARS-Cov-2 from different regions of the world, and some vaccines are more efficacious against certain variants. It will be good for the country and globally to have access to various vaccines, ” he said.
PETALING JAYA: Care home operators want more time to pre-register for the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Association for Residential Aged Care Operators (Agecope) has appealed to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee to allow more time for both licensed and unlicensed care homes to pre-register for the vaccine.
Its president Delren Terrence Douglas also appealed for the committee to provide an on-site vaccine administration plan as well as to allocate at least 30,000 doses for aged care home staff and residents under Phase One of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
“As operators of aged care centres, old folks and nursing homes, we believe that Covid-19 vaccination is one of our most important tools in battling the pandemic, apart from regular testing and effective infection prevention and control measures,” he said in a statement yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: The Association for Residential Aged Care Operators of Malaysia (AgeCOpe) has appealed to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee to allow more time for both licensed and unlicensed care homes to pre-register for the vaccine.
Its president Delren Terrence Douglas also appealed for them to provide an on-site vaccine administration plan as well as to allocate at least 30,000 doses for aged care home staff and residents under phase one of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
“As operators of aged care centres, old folks’ home and nursing homes, we believe Covid-19 vaccination is one of our most important tools in battling the pandemic, apart from regular testing as well as effective infection prevention and control measures, ” he said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 25).
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