Due to the good response of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the next batch of it will no longer be available on a voluntary opt-in basis. At a virtual media briefing today, the Coordinating Minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said the great response showed that there was no longer any hesitancy among the community for the vaccine.
PUTRAJAYA: A new feature will be available on the MySejahtera app to enable pregnant and lactating mothers to register for vaccination, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
25 May 2021 / 16:48 H.
MELAKA: The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development has denied allegations by some quarters, claiming that senior citizens placed in care centres nationwide have been sidelined in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
Its Minister, Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun (
pix), said a total of 180,933 out of 1.86 million registered senior citizens had received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, with 693,065 people having been administered with the first dose of the vaccine, including those under the Social Welfare Department (JKM) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
“A total of 652 senior citizens housed in institutions under JKM have received the first dose of the vaccine. So the allegations that we have let the elderly (sidelined) from receiving the vaccine shot is untrue,” she told the media after witnessing the vaccination exercise involving the residents of Rumah Seri Kenangan Cheng today.
Tuesday, 25 May 2021 04:54 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin said that once the feature is enabled, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers can identify themselves as such through the My Sejahtera app when they register for appointments and for the recommended vaccines to be given to them. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 A new feature would be launched under the MySejahtera application that will enable pregnant and breastfeeding mothers to register for Covid-19 vaccination, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today.
PUTRAJAYA: The government will consider ramping up the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Labuan, as there has been a surge in infections there lately, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
The Health Minister said Labuan is a busy industrial hub with constant signing-on and signing-off activities involving workers on the island. Economic activity in Labuan is very active and people come in and out of the island regularly, especially from Sabah and Sarawak, due to industry, especially oil and gas. I am confident that the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force will consider Labuan s situation as an industrial area and implement a more targeted vaccination programme there.