Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021 09:43 AM MYT
BY R. LOHESWAR
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the launch of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Handbook at the Perdana Putra Building in Putrajaya February 16, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 Malaysia will receive the Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine this Sunday or five days earlier than previously scheduled, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin disclosed today.
At the launch of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan today, he also said the rollout of Malaysia’s vaccination programme will start on February 26.
“On that day, I will be the first to receive the vaccine along with medical frontliners,” he said.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme has assured the public today that the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine would only be mild and temporary, ahead of a nationwide rollout that starts on February 21. In a handbook aimed to explain the programme, the government.
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021 10:09 AM MYT
BY R. LOHESWAR
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the launch of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Handbook at the Perdana Putra Building in Putrajaya February 16, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 The official website and guidebook for the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) was launched today by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The launch comes ahead of the arrival of the first Covid-19 vaccines in the country on February 21 and its deployment on February 26.
“The website can be found on www.vaksincovid.gov.my where the NIP guidebook can be downloaded,” said Muhyiddin during a live telecast of the launch.
Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 07:55 AM MYT
Key Worker Mark Reid from North Shields receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne January 9, 2021. AFP pic
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PARIS, Jan 14 The unprecedented push to inoculate the world’s population against Covid-19 has got off to a sluggish start, triggering a storm of criticism.
Here’s a look at the major obstacles that have hampered the vaccine rollout, and what’s being done about them.
Insufficient supply
While the coronavirus vaccines have been developed and approved at record-breaking speed, deliveries of the first batches have been smaller than many had hoped, notably in the European Union.