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22 FEB, 2021 571,802 frontliners have registered for Covid immunisation - Khairy
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571,802 frontliners have registered for Covid immunisation - Khairy
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 571,802 Subsequently, the vaccines will be frontliners have registered to sent to 16 Vaccine Storage Centres receive the Covid-19 vaccination as (VSC) nationwide, namely six in of February 20, says Coordinating Selangor; Johor (four); Kuala Lumpur Minister for National Covid-19 (three); Penang (two) and Putrajaya Immunisation Programme Khairy (one). Jamaluddin. "The arrival of this vaccine gives He said of the total, 57.3 per cent a ray of light to all of us Malaysians, were medical and health personnel, especially the frontliners in the effort with 39.8 per cent being from the to fight this pandemic," he said. Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH604, remaining 17.5 per cent comprising an Airbus A330-300 aircraft carrying other medical and health personnel, the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech including from the Malaysian Armed vaccines arrived at KLIA with Forces (ATM). 312,390 doses of the vaccine for According to Khairy, the other Malaysia under the National Covid- 42.7 per cent were non-health 19 Immunisation Programme which personnel including members of the will be held in stages. - Bernama
ATM, Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department, Royal Malaysian Police, People's Volunteer Corps (RELA), Malaysian Prisons Department, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Social Welfare Department. "We are pleased to inform, that the first immunisation programme involving Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been brought forward to Feb 24, two days earlier than scheduled. "Both of them will be among the first individuals to be immunised along with the frontline staff," he said in a statement yesterday.
Khairy, who is also Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, said Malaysia made history when the first batch of Covid-19 Pfizer- BioNTech vaccines arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 10.07 am. "Along with Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Adham Baba, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong and Dr Noor Hisham. I had the opportunity to welcome the arrival of the vaccines, which was also broadcast live on television," he said. He said besides KLIA, some of the vaccine supply arrived in Johor and Penang.
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22 FEB, 2021 571,802 frontliners have registered for Covid immunisation - Khairy
Borneo Post (KK), Malaysia Page 2 of 2 SUMMARIES PUTRAJAYA: A total of 571,802 frontliners have registered to receive the Covid-19 vaccination as of February 20, says Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin. He said of t h e total, 57.3 per cent were medical and health personnel, with 39.8 per cent being f r om the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the remaining 17.5 per cent comprising other medical and health personnel, including from the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM).
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