HealthMetrics has launched its “Race to Herd Immunity” campaign, in a bid to educate the community on the different vaccines, address the community’s questions, and dispel any misinformation.
Each state will decide the implementation date of the walk-in Covid-19 vaccination programme and announce their list of walk-in PPVs, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Khairy Jamaluddin says Malaysia must not drop its guard in SOPs even with high Covid-19 vaccination rates, as many countries that quickly vaccinated their populations have reverted to mask mandates.
Dr Christopher Lee and Prof Dr Sanjay Rampal say increased Covid-19 vaccination coverage is expected to reduce severe disease and death, which is more crucial than preventing infection.
Dr Amar-Singh HSS notes that Labuan, with nearly 10% of its population having been diagnosed with Covid-19, may have natural herd immunity conferred from widespread infection.
CITF attributed the crowds at KLCC PPV to vaccine recipients arriving hours ahead of their appointment, besides time-consuming vaccination registration for migrant workers without MySejahtera.