Malaysia

Covid-19 herd immunity target on schedule: Muhyiddin

Prime minister cites increase in supply of jabs for projected success of vaccination drive

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 20 Jun 2021 3:26PM

Covid-19 herd immunity target on schedule: Muhyiddin
It is guaranteed that Covid-19 vaccine supplies will arrive within the scheduled time, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin while expressing confidence in the country’s ability to meet its inoculation target and achieve herd immunity. – AFP pic, June 20, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is confident that Malaysia’s target to achieve herd immunity as projected by the National Recovery Plan can be completed as scheduled following the increase in the supply of Covid-19 vaccines by the country’s major suppliers.

He said towards this, the government would work harder to ensure that the supplies arrive in the country on schedule.

“I am aware that many people out there are asking, why not do this, why not do a lot more. (Science, Technology and Innovation Minister) Khairy (Jamaluddin) has informed many times that we can do it if there are lots of vaccines... but we are limited and not because we don’t want to or the government is blocking it – no, we want to finish everything in a month or two.

“But we can’t control that (vaccine supply) because the suppliers are abroad, so we have to wait our turn. But it is guaranteed that the supplies will arrive within the scheduled time,” he told reporters after visiting the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre vaccination site here today.

Khairy, who is also the coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, was also present. – Bernama, June 20, 2021

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