PETALING JAYA: A total of 7,625,478 people have registered to receive a Covid-19 vaccine as of Thursday (April 1), says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. He added that 498,468 first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and another 241,758 second doses have been given as of the date. “Register immediately through MySejahtera, http://vaksincovid.gov.my or the 1800-8888-28 hotline, ” he said in a tweet on Friday (April 2). The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme began on Feb 24, with the first batch of 312,390 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to be administered to 271,802 frontliners, of whom 57.3% are medical personnel and the rest non-medical frontliners. The second phase of the national immunisation programme, set to begin on April 17, will involve the elderly, disabled and those with comorbidities.

Source: The Star April 02, 2021 04:43 UTC