PETALING JAYA: Community leaders have a role to play in encouraging Malaysians to register for the Covid-19 vaccine, says the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA).
Its president Datuk Dr M. Subramaniam said the association was concerned over how slow Malaysians are registering for the vaccine, and the sluggish progress which could result in the country not meeting its target of inoculating 80% of the population in time.
“At the rate we are going, we may not reach the target of vaccinating 80% of the population even by the first quarter of 2022.
“We should aim to complete inoculating the population as early as possible and by this year, ” he said in a statement on Saturday (March 13).
India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive may derail its mother-child immunisation programme
As sytems are diverted for Covid-19, they may get too strained to handle the routine immunisation programmes, warn experts. Mar 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm India’s immunisation programme for 12 diseases, which targets 2.67 crore infants and 2.9 crore mothers, is one of the world’s largest. | Reuters/ Amit Dave
India’s Covid-19 vaccination target of delivering up to
50 crore doses by July, which is largely piggy-backing on the country’s existing routine immunisation programme, may strain the system, public health professionals warn.
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More than 80% of people to be offered first vaccine dose by the end of June, says Tánaiste
The Tánaiste says he hopes government can do better than the September target. By Christina Finn Wednesday 3 Mar 2021, 8:28 PM Mar 3rd 2021, 8:28 PM 30,549 Views 79 Comments
Image: Sasko Lazarov
Image: Sasko Lazarov
TÁNAISTE LEO VARADKAR has said he expects more than 80% of people will be offered their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of June.
Speaking at tonight’s Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting, he told TDs and senators that he believes the September vaccination target can be met, but hopes we can do better than that.
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