SEPANG: Registration for the Covid-19 vaccination, to commence on March 1, will remain open until it reaches the target of 80 per cent of the populati.
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 21): A total of 571,802 frontliners have registered to receive the Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, says Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.
He said of the total, 57.3% were medical and health personnel, with 39.8% being from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the remaining 17.5% comprising other medical and health personnel including from the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM).
According to Khairy, the other 42.7% were non-health personnel including members of the ATM, Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department, Royal Malaysian Police, People’s Volunteer Corps (RELA), Malaysian Prisons Department, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Social Welfare Department.
“We are pleased to inform, that the first immunisation programme involving Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been brought forward to Feb 24, two days earlier than scheduled.
Sunday, 21 Feb 2021 02:14 PM MYT
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah and Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine shipment. Picture courtesy of Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia
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SEPANG, Feb 21 Registration for the Covid-19 vaccination, to commence on March 1, will remain open until it reaches the target of 80 per cent of the population have received the vaccine, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.
“Registration will remain open until we reach our target of 70 to 80 percent of Malaysians (to receive the vaccine),” said Khairy, who is also the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation.
21 Feb 2021 / 20:45 H. The Coordinating Minister for National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin during a press conference after witnessing the arrival of the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Feb 21.- Bernama
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 21: A total of 571,802 frontliners have registered to receive the COVID-19 vaccination as of yesterday, says Coordinating Minister for National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.
He said of the total, 57.3 per cent were medical and health personnel, with 39.8 per cent being from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the remaining 17.5 per cent comprising other medical and health personnel, including from the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM).
According to Khairy, the other 42.7 per cent were non-health personnel including members of the ATM, Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department, Royal Malaysian Police, People’s Volunteer Corps (RELA), Malaysian Prisons Department, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Social Welfare Department.
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