MELAKA: A total of 95% from the country’s estimated 57,000 frontliners have been inoculated under Phase One of the National Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme, according to Khairy Jamaluddin.
The coordinating minister of the programme said vaccination of the remaining frontliners was expected to be completed by the end of this month.
“In Melaka, all frontliners have completed their first dose and are now waiting their turn for the second jab, ” he said after observing Phase Two of the programme at Dewan Tun Ali Vaccine Centre at Bukit Katil here.
Good response: Khairy (seated, right) chatting with several senior citizens who had turned up for the second phase of their vaccinations at Dewan Tun Ali in Melaka. Bernama
Close watch: Dr Noor Hisham and Tuaran Hospital director Dr G. Mohan Gopal Naidoo (left) looking on as a nurse gets a vaccine jab during a visit to a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Tuaran. Bernama
KOTA KINABALU: The Health Ministry will continue with plans to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as the benefits outweigh the reported adverse effects, says director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He was responding to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s announcement that the Special Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee would decide on the use of the vaccine tomorrow following reports of blood clots.
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Malaysia will make a decision on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow (April 6), but says it has a back-up plan in case it needs to defer its use.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the Special Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee would decide on the use of the vaccine.
“We will receive reports from a group of experts on the latest developments related to the vaccine as there are several cases being reported by the media, as well as those from Britain’s regulatory body on blood clots. We will look at the data available.
“However, I would like to assure the public that there is no need to worry because while we have approved AstraZeneca, Malaysia has yet to receive any delivery, ” he said after a meeting with Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad at Kota Iskandar here yesterday.The government, Khairy added, had ordered about 6.4 million doses of AstraZeneca with another 1.4 million doses through the Covax facility
PETALING JAYA: Those planning to use their influence or position to “potong queue” (cut the queue) and get access to the Covid-19 vaccination before their turn better think again.
Malaysia kicked off its National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme on Feb 24 but claims of queue-jumping have emerged on social media and this has caused a public outcry.
They include allegations that several aides to politicians and senior government officials had got their vaccine despite not qualifying for the first phase of the national programme.
The government said it has since taken strict measures to investigate all such claims and to make sure that no one is able to slip through and cut the vaccination queue.
PETALING JAYA: Guidelines have been released on who will be considered as a ‘frontliner’ in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
The Special Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee also affirmed that the vaccines will be prioritised for frontliners and that no queue-cutting in the vaccination programme would take place for those who are not considered frontliners.
The guidelines were drawn up by the special committee in a meeting, which was chaired by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
The guidelines can be found on the Health Ministry’s Twitter account on Monday (March 1).