PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): An additional RM2bil to RM5bil allocation for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme is needed after various factors were considered, including increased costs to procure the Covid-19 vaccine and the costs to administer the programme, says Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
PETALING JAYA: A decision has yet to be made on whether or not there is a need to administer a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister, asked about the Pfizer CEO’s recent statement that a third vaccine dose may need to be administered within 12 months, said: That is the view of Pfizer’s CEO. We don’t have any data on this yet.
“Even so, the Health Ministry, the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force and the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee are making long-term plans.
“It is possible that we would need such doses in the years to come. We do not know yet, ” he said in his weekly press conference with Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba on Monday (April 19).
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The handbook, which is available through the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee’s official website, provided an overview of the steps in the entire vaccination process, from registration to post-inoculation observation. Reuters pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin launched the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme handbook today, detailing the largest vaccination programme to be implemented in Malaysia to date.
The handbook, which is available through the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee’s official website, provided an overview of the steps in the entire vaccination process, from registration to post-inoculation observation.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 Putrajaya today announced that all foreign nationals living in Malaysia will be able to get vaccinated against Covid-19 for free, including undocumented migrants. In a statement, the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee said that the decision to include.