PETALING JAYA: The national vaccination programme should prioritise getting as many people as possible vaccinated before giving booster shots, says Dr Mohd Ghows Mohd Azzam.
JEMPOL: The government is optimistic that it can achieve its target of fully vaccinating 50% of individuals aged 18 and above by Aug 31, says National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
Thursday, 08 Jul 2021 10:41 AM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
People pose for pictures after their jabs at the Covid-19 vaccination centre in the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Seri Kembangan, June 17, 2021. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 Malaysia has passed the 10 million mark for the number of vaccinations administered to the population as of yesterday, advisor to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Associate Professor Mohd Ghows Mohd Azzam said today.
A total of 375,842 jabs were given as of 11.59pm yesterday, the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) said via its official Twitter account.
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PETALING JAYA: Selangor has enough vaccine supply to last a week and is not running low as claimed by a Selangor exco member, says Khairy Jamaluddin s science adviser.
Dr Mohd Ghows Mohd Azzam told Selangor public health executive councillor Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud that the state has about 339,000 doses according to the vaccine management system. With Selangor utilising 40,000 per day, this is enough for at least a week, he said on Twitter on Sunday (June 27).
Dr Siti Mariah had claimed earlier in the day, also on Twitter, that some vaccination centres (PPVs) in Selangor will be forced to stop operations in a matter of days unless their supply of Covid-19 vaccine is replenished.