Malaysia to expand AstraZeneca voluntary opt-in Covid-19 vaccination programme, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times


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PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Malaysian government will reach out to those who lack access to the Internet as it expands the AstraZeneca (AZ) voluntary opt-in vaccination plan beyond Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, said the Coordinating Minister for the country's immunisation programme, Mr Khairy Jamaluddin. He said on Tuesday (May 4) the programme would be expanded to more people as the government expects at least 1.1 million more doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to arrive this month. "We are looking to expand the AZ programme, as we have more vaccines coming from the Covax facility and AZ itself,"...