In early May, Malaysia began administering the AstraZeneca vaccination on an opt-in basis in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, totaling 268,600 doses. (The Edge/Zahid Izzani Mohd Said photo)
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (July 1): The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) has agreed to reduce the AstraZeneca vaccine’s dose interval from 12 weeks to nine weeks.
National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced today on his official Twitter page that those who have got their first dosage of the vaccine will be notified of their second appointment soon.
In early May, Malaysia began administering the AstraZeneca vaccination on an opt-in basis in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, totaling 268,600 doses.
Meanwhile, Khairy acknowledged Malaysia’s gratitude to the Japanese government for donating two million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in a series of tweets.
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“In addition, Malaysia will get 586,700 doses of direct AstraZeneca purchase from the AstraZeneca facilities in Thailand tonight (July 1),” he added.
On Friday, the country will receive one million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the United States, according to the ministry (July 2).
Meanwhile, JKJAV said today that 258,773 Covid-19 vaccine doses were given out across the country yesterday (June 30), increasing the total number of doses given out to 8.08 million.
This is the second-highest number of daily dosages given, trailing only the 268,604 injections given on June 24./n
