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Detection of South African B 1 351 variant: MKN needs to review flexibility –Khairy

15 Apr 2021 / 14:10 H. sunpix SEREMBAN: Coordinating Minister for National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin (pix) today expressed his concern over the detection of 17 COVID-19 cases with the South African B.1.351 variant in the country which would impact the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme. He said that once the variant spread, some of the vaccines will not be effective against it and the rate of virus transmission would go up. Therefore, he said the National Security Council (MKN) needs to review some of the flexibility given so that the immunisation programme would not be affected. “My greatest worry is the variant of the virus. Yesterday, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced that there are already 17 cases of the South African variant in Malaysia and we know that this particular variant is not only more transmissible but the vaccines are less effective against it.

653,531 individuals complete both doses of Covid-19 vaccine

15 Apr 2021 / 15:21 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 653,531 individuals in the first phase of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme have completed receiving both doses of their vaccine shots as of yesterday. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (pix) said a total of 425,164 individuals were given the first dose during the same period, bringing the total number of doses administered so far to 1,078,695 Based on an infographic shared on his official Twitter page today, Selangor recorded the state with the highest recipients of the first dose, at 90,267, followed by Kuala Lumpur (67,671), Sarawak (67,300), Johor (59,842) and Sabah (55,349). Selangor also recorded the highest number of recipients who had completed both doses, totalling 59,657 individuals, followed by Perak (47,098), Sabah (42,649), Kuala Lumpur (36,648) and Pahang (32,852).

Covid-19: Two more cases detected with highly contagious UK variant

PUTRAJAYA: Two more Covid-19 cases with the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant from the United Kingdom have been detected in the country. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that there were now five confirmed cases in the country containing the UK variant. “The two recent cases, which are the fourth and fifth case, involve Malaysians with a travelling history to Poland. Both were found positive on March 30 and they have been given further treatment, ” said Dr Noor Hisham in his daily Covid-19 updates on Thursday (April 15). Dr Noor Hisham said based on analysis, both travellers are likely to have been infected from a different source.

Khairy: NSC needs to review SOP flexibility after detection of S African Covid-19 variant in Malaysia | Malaysia

Khairy: NSC needs to review SOP flexibility after detection of S African Covid-19 variant in Malaysia | Malaysia
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