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84% attendance rate on first day of Phase 2 vaccinations

Apr 20, 2021

There was an 84% attendance rate among people who had vaccination appointments on the first day of the National Immunisation Programme's second phase. 

Its coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin says while he's satisfied with the number, his people try to increase the attendance rate.

Phase two of the immunisation programme kicked off yesterday, targeting senior citizens, persons with disabilities and those with chronic illnesses.

On another note, Khairy says at least 95 percent of Malaysia's front-line workers have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, under Phase One of the National Immunisation Programme.

He expects the vaccination for all frontliners to be completed by the end of this month. 
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Putrajaya nears 100% vaccine registrations 

Putrajaya is close to having all its residents registered under the immunisation programme, at 98%.

This is followed by Selangor and KL, where 49% of people have already registered. 

Sabah and Kelantan had the lowest registration rates.

In all, just over 9 million people have signed up under the programme, while 1.1 million people have already received vaccine doses. 
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Another day of 2,000-plus new COVID cases

Malaysia's daily COVID-19 cases remains above 2 thousand.

This, after the Health Ministry reported 2,341 new infections today, bringing the total number of cases to nearly 380 thousand.

Sarawak had the highest number of cases, at 600, while Selangor, Kelantan, KL and Johor all registered cases in the triple digits.

The death toll rose by 3 to 1,389.