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Malaysia is on track to achieve the target of getting 50 per cent of its adult population fully vaccinated this month, says the coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick), Khairy Jamaluddin
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) will start giving vaccinations to adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old, said its Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin
Published on: Thursday, July 29, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: With Malaysia’s per capita vaccination rate now among the fastest in the world, the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) is seen as an important shield in the fight against the virus and in achieving the herd immunity in the country.
Coordinating Minister for the immunisation programme, Khairy Jamaluddin
(pic), when explaining the programme in the Dewan Rakyat Wednesday, said the percentage of the country’s population having received at least one dose of the Covid-19 had surpassed some developed countries, like Japan, Australia, South Korea and New Zealand.
He said the programme, involving an allocation of RM5.8 billion, initially targeted 80 per cent of the population to receive the vaccine by February next year, but had been brought earlier to December this year after taking into account the current development.
Published on: Wednesday, July 28, 2021
By: Bernama
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LABUAN: Labuan Tuesday completed fully vaccinating 80 per cent of its adult population and has become the first among federal territories and states in the country to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19.
The federal territory has immunised 54,800 of the 68,500 adults listed as eligible for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick).
The Labuan Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) and the Labuan Disaster Management Committee described the programme as a difficult task but acknowledged that great team work had resulted in the success of the exercise.
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Labuan CITF chairman Rithuan Ismail said a total of 54,800 (80 per cent) of the total population eligible for vaccination have received the two doses of the vaccine.