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.
An internal CDC document says more breakthrough infections and community spread are expected with the Delta variant despite Covid-19 vaccination, although vaccines prevent more than 90% of severe disease.
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.