3.52mil doses of Covid-19 vaccine arriving this month, says minister - Free Malaysia Today

SEREMBAN: Malaysia will be receiving 3.52 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from three vaccine suppliers – Pfizer-BioNtech, Sinovac and AstraZeneca – this month with more coming in the following months to expedite the process of vaccination.

Health minister Dr Adham Baba said about 1.7 million people in the country will benefit from this vaccine supply as it covers two doses per person.

“The supply of vaccines will be higher from June and this month alone, we are getting 3.52 million doses. From June, July and August we will be receiving more, so we are confident about speeding up the process of vaccination.

“The health ministry has procured and confirmed delivery according to schedule, similarly for the third phase,” he told reporters after monitoring the implementation of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme at a private facility here today.

Therefore, Adham is confident the vaccine dispensing phase under the programme will be implemented according to schedule after taking delivery of all doses even though there were allegations of supply shortage.

Meanwhile, in a posting on Twitter today, he said 632,366 individuals have completed two doses of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday.

He said the total is part of the 991,906 individuals who have received their first dose.

According to the infographic he shared, five states which received the highest number of first dose vaccine are Selangor with 133,226 doses, Kuala Lumpur (97,972), Sarawak (94,866), Johor (86,433) and Perak (84,355).

The five highest states which have completed two doses of Covid-19 vaccine are Selangor with 85,780 followed by Kuala Lumpur (66,898), Sarawak (65,104), Johor (58,143) and Sabah (53,862).

On the number of registrations, Adham said 40.6% of the population, or 9,848,371 individuals, have registered for vaccine shots, with Selangor recording the highest number of registrations with 2,528,707 individuals.

He added that the government had also approved 4,000 vaccine jabs for foreign missions in this country involving diplomats, counsellors and their dependents starting this week.

According to the immunisation programme, the first phase of vaccination involved 500,000 frontliners including medical personnel.

The second phase involved 9.4 million senior citizens, vulnerable groups and people with disabilities while phase three scheduled from May to February 2022 involved individuals above 18 years old and non-citizens targeting 13.7 million or more people.