KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 The participation of private general practitioner (GP) clinics and private hospitals is expected to ramp up public inoculation under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) to 40,000 doses daily. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 A petition to speed up the nation-wide vaccination programme using all available private and public clinics along with hospitals has begun to gain traction online, with over 25,000 signatures as of 1.35pm today. The petition, titled ‘Mass vaccination in the shortest time.
Backlog pushes Covid-19 over 5k again and other news you may have missed
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1. Covid-19 cases exceeded the 5,000 mark for the third day. However, the Health Ministry said the surge for the last three days was due to a backlog in cases.
There were 289 Covid-19 deaths in January, averaging 9.3 deaths per day.
2. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said any form of traditional or Islamic treatment for Covid-19 needs to be scientifically tested.
3. Mestron Holdings Bhd clarified that it does not have clearance from the Health Ministry to purchase or distribute Covid-19 vaccines.