Kedah, Melaka, Pahang, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu, and Labuan will be starting Phase Two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme on April 19.
Vaccine Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says that Malaysia’s Covid-19 vaccine supply will only exceed demand in July, when Malaysia is due to receive bulk vaccine deliveries from manufacturers.
States like Sabah, Kelantan, Melaka, Labuan, Putrajaya, Pahang, Perak, and Sarawak have recorded Rt levels above 1 as of April 4, which means that the Covid-19 outbreaks there are growing.
Health Minister Dr Adham Baba says he has instructed all state health directors to ensure that all medical frontliners get their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of April.
The majority of private dentists who haven’t even received their first Covid-19 jab are from KL and certain districts in Selangor, says the Malaysian Private Dental Practitioners’ Association.
The second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine dose for more than 4,000 frontliners in Perak will be delayed by 5 to 7 days from the original 21-day interval, but administering the second dose up to 28 days after the first is still within international guidance.