The All Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia for the Reform of All Places of Detention (APPGM) wants to be part of an inclusive national Covid-19 task force.
The inclusion of community pharmacists as vaccine immunisers in Malaysia with a population of 32 million and millions of foreign and undocumented workers is an incredibly significant move to achieve herd immunity for the Covid-19 pandemic.
Malaysia now has the third highest number of total Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia with 131,108 infections, surpassing Myanmar’s cumulative 128,772 cases.
The chief of Malaysia's national Covid-19 vaccination programme will need to decentralise the federal effort and recruit not just state administrators, but also community leaders to help design and implement vaccine mobilisation plans.