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IF ALL goes well, Penang could achieve Covid-19 herd immunity earlier than expected, with 70% or 1.38 million people, getting vaccinated by August. State health committee chairman Dr Norlela Ariffin said the present vaccination of 14, 814 daily doses this month would be ramped up to 35, 165 doses next month, and 35, 572 doses in August. She said 103, 627 targeted recipients in the state had obtained the first dose while another 73, 607 had received both doses as of June 3. Dr Norlela said a comprehensive plan was presented at the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) meeting recently. “Al...

THE Kedah Zakat Board has offered its mobile clinic to carry out vaccination exercise under the outreach programme for elderly folk and the physically disabled in rural areas in the state.

Vaccinate children for herd immunity by August, says Yii Published Modified5:16 am - Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen has called on the federal government and the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) to get children aged 12-18 vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity by August. “With children aged 12-18 years old estimated to be up to 30 percent of our population, the government must look at finding ways to identify and include them as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) as soon as possible in order to reach sufficient rates of Covid-19 vaccination,” he...

PUTRAJAYA: The fourth phase of the national Covid-19 immunisation programme beginning on Wednesday (June 16) will target industry workers, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

PUTRAJAYA: About 30,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses will be delivered to Labuan in the coming week to address the recent surge in infections in the federal territory, says Khairy Jamaluddin.