The government may consider using schools as Covid-19 vaccination sites, while foreign-bound students can apply for early vaccine appointments, says Khairy Jamaluddin
The government is also studying mixing Covid-19 vaccines by using AstraZeneca as the first dose and Pfizer as the second to boost efficacy against new variants, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the Pfizer shot will be sent to Labuan due to real-world data on its effectiveness against the Delta variant, as he hopes to fully vaccinate all adults there by mid-July.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the extra vaccine doses procured can be used as booster shots if Covid-19 ends up as an endemic disease in Malaysia, with possible government subsidies or free jabs for the B40 and M40.
Pharmaniaga says this will not disrupt its obligation to fulfil the federal government’s order of 12 million Covid-19 vaccine doses that’s expected to be completed by July.
The National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) says besides the clinical aspect, cancer patients’ social welfare must be taken care of -- NCSM had to put food on the table for patients.