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Malaysia on track to achieve herd immunity: PM

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is confident that Malaysia is to achieve herd immunity on schedule as projected by the National Recovery Plan following the increase in the supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
Malaysia on track to achieve herd immunity: PM ảnh 1A senior citizen receives COVID-19 vaccine in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
KualaLumpur (VNA) – Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is confident thatMalaysia is to achieve herd immunity on schedule as projected by the NationalRecovery Plan following the increase in the supply of COVID-19 vaccines.

TheMalaysian government would work harder to ensure that the supplies arrive inthe country on schedule, he told reporters after visiting the vaccinationcentre (PPV) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on June 20.

Hecalled on people to register for vaccination via MySejahtera app.

ThePM later expressed his appreciation to frontliners and volunteers for helpingsmoothen the vaccination process at the PPV.

Thenumber of volunteers needed remains high, he continued, so if more can comeforward and offer to be volunteers, things can be simplified to speed up thevaccination process.

OnFebruary 24, Malaysia began the three-phase National Immunisation Programme(NIP) which is scheduled to end in February next year. Its goal is to inoculate80 percent of the Malaysian population by the end of this year to achieve herdimmunity.

About2.8 million Malaysians have received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine sofar./.
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