PETALING JAYA: With 500 general practitioner (GP) clinics being roped in to administer Covid-19 vaccines from June 15, Malaysians are anticipating easier and more convenient access to vaccinations.
In turn, they believe that this acceleration in the country s vaccination rate will allow herd immunity to be achieved sooner.
Social media user Nik Huang said moving forward, the government needs to include private hospitals and more clinics in order to make vaccination available and easily accessible to everyone.
Similarly, Twitter user @murali87639281 suggested that the inclusion of private clinics should be implemented nationwide. Go ahead. That s a good start. Do the same nationwide. Only herd immunity will stop the numbers from skyrocketing, he said.
PETALING JAYA: Following the excitement of Sunday s (May 2) voluntary AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine registration, Malaysians outside Selangor and Kuala Lumpur are now eagerly awaiting a similar rollout of the vaccine across other states in Malaysia.
Khairy Jamaluddin, the coordinating minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, had earlier tweeted that the country is scheduled to receive one million more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via Covax.
Covax is a global initiative jointly led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Gavi and the Vaccine Alliance and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to ensure fair and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccine worldwide.
The sooner, the better: Khairy (right) together with Dr Adham during the press conference in Putrajaya advocating for more people to be vaccinated soon. Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians outside Selangor and Kuala Lumpur are now eagerly awaiting the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine opt-in programme in other states.
The announcement was well received, with many Malaysians responding with excitement while some advocated for states with higher Covid-19 caseloads to be prioritised.
@Shane Subra suggested on Twitter that urban centres should be given first dibs.
“YB, I hope KKM considers other urban centres later – Penang, JB, Kuching, KK and important for me – Seremban, ” with “KKM” referring to the Health Ministry.