MP SPEAKS | Is Muhyiddin s new vaccination target achievable?
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MP SPEAKS | The new target announced by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to vaccinate all adults by October to stem the recent surge in Covid-19 cases is highly commendable but is it achievable?
This would mean the fast-track approach in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), including the boosting of the capacity for vaccination rate to 500,000 doses per day, to tackle the emergence of new virus variants which are more vicious.
On March 3, I had called for the acceleration of the national vaccination rollout suggesting that the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) meet and consider ways to complete the vaccination rollout earlier so that Malaysia can gain full recovery in 2021. This included giving consideration to a parallel Covid-19 vaccination programme supplied and run by the private sector alongside the government rollout.