Published on: Monday, February 22, 2021
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Kuala Lumpur: Ensuring at least 80 per cent of all adults in Malaysia are vaccinated is very important to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
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The Prime Minister said herd immunity would directly curb the spread of Covid-19, preventing the situation in the country from worsening.
Malaysia’s first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme rolls out on Wednesday, with Muhyiddin and Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah being the first to be inoculated.
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