Kelantan to receive CanSino jab

by BERNAMA / Pic by BERNAMA

THE government will be supplying China’s CanSino Biologics vaccine to Kelantan in July to vaccinate residents living in the interior including Orang Asli.

National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (picture), however, said the total vaccine to be distributed to Kelantan will be announced later after the government had acquired the vaccine next month.

“The one-dose vaccine is important to facilitate the authorities in vaccinating residents in the interior including Orang Asli in Gua Musang, Kuala Krai and so on, as there is no need to enter the areas twice,” he said.

He was speaking at a media conference with Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob after the Kelantan Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force meeting at Kota Darulnaim Complex yesterday.

Earlier, Health DG Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah was reported as saying the CanSino and Johnson & Johnson vaccines which only needed one dose, have been approved for conditional registration for emergency use.

Asked on the government’s strategy to achieve 80% herd immunity by the end of the year, Khairy said vaccination centres (PPV) nationwide would be opened to walk-in individuals after those who had registered received their vaccine jabs.

“We are confident that after dispensing to all those who have registered for appointment (vaccine shot), we will open the PPV to walkin individuals for example, in Kuala Lumpur,” he said.

He said through the approach, the authorities are expecting the process of vaccination to be expedited to achieve the government’s target of 80% herd immunity by the end of the year or earlier. — Bernama