KUALA LUMPUR – The Dewan Negara Caucus on People’s Well-being has proposed to the government to formulate a national vaccine development roadmap, as a plan for the country to produce locally made vaccines that comply with international guidelines.
Its chairman, Senator Datuk Razali Idris, said the move was necessary for a long-term plan.
He said that the caucus hoped the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force would play a vital role in combating fake or misleading information on the first batch of vaccines received on Sunday.
“In this regard, people should be given true, accurate, and quick information on the Covid-19 vaccines obtained by Malaysia, (and on vaccine types) such as Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, CanSinoBIO and Sputnik V,” he said in a statement here today.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, to begin tomorrow, will be rolled out in three phases up to February next year.
The first phase, to be carried out until April, will see the vaccination of 500,000 frontliners comprising medical and non-medical personnel.
The second phase of the programme, between April and August, will see the immunisation of high-risk groups, namely senior citizens and vulnerable groups aged 60 years and above, while the third phase involves adults aged 18 and above, who will receive the vaccine between May this year and February next year, targeting more than 13.7 million people. – Bernama, February 23, 2021
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