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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s daily vaccination rate has surpassed that of the United Kingdom when it was at its highest, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
The Science, Innovation and Technology Minister who shared Our World in Data’s vaccination statistics on his social media, pointed out that Malaysia’s daily vaccination rate per 100 people had reached 0.96 on July 9, exceeding the United Kingdom’s highest rate of 0.89 which was recorded on March 19.
“Our vaccination rate has exceeded that of the UK when they were at their peak,” he said.
According to Our World in Data, Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccination rate per 100 people has also been ranked second after Singapore among Asean countries.
This came about following reports that pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer are making plans for such jabs.
Universiti Malaya epidemiologist Prof Datuk Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud said local data must be collected to determine how long the Covid-19 vaccines were effective for.
“The rapid evolution of the virus in this pandemic means vaccines need to remain effective against newer variants.
“Booster doses will depend on which vaccines have been administered to vaccine recipients.
“Not all vaccines are equally effective and we need local data for this, ” he said.
Dr Awang Bulgiba, who is the head of the Independent Covid-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee, said it had recommended a voluntary Covid-19 vaccination registry to be set up to compile such data.
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