Experts doubt vaccination schedule can be met


Ravin Palanisamy

A vial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech delivered to Malaysia. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 7, 2021.

PUTRAJAYA faces plenty of challenges to immunise at least 50-60% of the population by year-end as targeted under the national Covid-19 immunisation programme, said health experts.

Public health expert and epidemiologist Prof Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud said the three main challenges are timely vaccine supply and delivery schedule, logistics and slow registrations.


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