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Vaccine supply to exceed registration numbers by mid-year

Apr 13, 2021

Malaysia’s supply of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to exceed the number of vaccine registrations by mid-year.

Minister in charge of the National Immunization Program, Khairy Jamaluddin says that at this rate, the county will have enough vaccines to cover 80% of the population by this October.

Currently, over one million vaccine doses have been administered nationwide, while more than 8.6 million people have registered for the vaccine.

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Private hospitals under the National Immunisation Program to administer vaccines for free

Those who receive the COVID-19 vaccine at private hospitals under the government’s immunisation plan, will be given the shot for free.

The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia says these facilities and the government will cover the cost of the vaccination.

Meanwhile, it hopes they will soon be able to buy their own supply of the vaccine, to ensure more people are immunized against the coronavirus.

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Rise in new COVID-19 cases today almost 1.8k

Malaysia reported 1,767 new COVID-19 cases today.

Sarawak had the highest number of infections at 607, followed by Selangor, and KL.

Meanwhile, 12 patients succumbed to the virus, raising the death toll to 1,345.