Khairy Jamaluddin cites agreements with vaccine manufacturers that prioritise fulfilling the federal government’s orders before state governments, industries, private hospitals, and other parties.
Khairy Jamaluddin previously projected from June the administration of 160,000 daily Covid-19 vaccine doses with sufficient vaccine supply to match demand.
Only 475,984 people under Phase Two of PICK have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, or 5% of the targeted 9.4 million high-risk individuals.
A smart partnership between the public and private health care sectors is vital to ensure a warp speed vaccine rollout, scale up coverage of the population, and preserve equitable distribution of the Covid-19 vaccines.
The start dates for a private Covid-19 vaccination programme for business travellers, or for the public-private partnership vaccine rollout, haven’t been set yet as priority is still on PICK, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Members of the public should ask more questions about the actual benefits and risks of the vaccine, and think carefully about what is important before making a decision.
Azreen Zahira, who created the trending hashtag for the opt-in AstraZeneca vaccine rollout, says the best Covid-19 vaccine is the one people can get earliest.