Friday, 05 Feb 2021 09:01 PM MYT
He said the vaccine needed to be received earlier to enable the 7,000 individuals tasked with providing the vaccination to be vaccinated themselves. The agreement with Pfizer involves the procurement of 12,799,800 doses of vaccine that will be supplied from the end of February, covering 20 per cent of Malaysia’s population, with two doses per person.In addition, Dr Adham said the ministry has identified 55 vaccination storage locations throughout the country equipped with ultra-low temperature freezers as the vaccine requires to be kept at -70 degrees Celsius.
“We estimate to provide 210 vaccinations at each location daily and if it goes smoothly... 120,000 shots can be carried out daily at all 66 vaccination centres,” he said. “In addition, we need to provide a resting period of 30 minutes for those taking the vaccine because we do not want any side effects after the shot,” he said.
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