KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): Malaysia will decide whether to proceed with using the AstraZeneca vaccine for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme after getting the European Medicines Agency s (EMA) findings on the vaccine.
Coordinating Minister for the Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said the report by the European Union agency will determine whether there is a causal link between the use of the vaccine and thrombosis or blood clots.
“We will determine whether or not to go ahead with it, or we go ahead with it (but) with caution,” he said at the ASEAN Healthcare Webinar 2021 organised by CARI ASEAN Research and Advocacy and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council here today.
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A large-scale vaccination centre capable of dispensing over 8,000 shots daily will be set up in every state, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin. He said this is in line with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s directive to complete the vaccination of all people by this year.
Published on: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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Khairy Jamaluddin watches a nurse administer the Covid-19 vaccine at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (PPUM) vaccination centre in Kuala Lumpur, March 9, 2021. Bernama pic
Kuala Lumpur: A large-scale vaccination centre capable of dispensing over 8,000 shots daily will be set up in every state, said Coordinating Minister for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.
He said this was in line with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s directive to complete the vaccination on all people by this year.
“The strategies and budget are being formulated for this purpose.
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“We are looking at one centre which can handle up to 8,000 vaccine recipients per day in the third phase. For example in Kuala Lumpur, the Bukit Jalil National Stadium,” he told reporters after visiting the vaccination centre at the Indera Mulia Stadium here, today,
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