PRIVATE healthcare facilities have not been given the nod to offer Covid-19 vaccinations, said Khairy Jamaluddin today.

The minister in charge of the national vaccination campaign was responding to a tweet claiming private hospitals were “prebooking customers for Covid-19 vaccine while the front-liners are still in the dark”.

Khairy said the government is in the process of notifying the front-liners of their vaccination appointments.
 
“Front-liners are being notified about their vaccination appointments. @JKJAVMY has not approved any private providers/market for Covid vaccines,” said Khairy, referring to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee by its Malay acronym, on Twitter today.

The post was accompanied by a link to the vaccination plan.

Malaysia is expecting a first batch of more than 300,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this morning. Khairy, Health Minister Dr Adham Baba, Transport Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong and director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah will take delivery of the shipment at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. 

The arrival of the vaccine will kick-start the largest vaccination campaign ever in the country.

Six hundred vaccination stations have been set up nationwide at the clinics and hospitals.

Immunisation will take place in three phases. The first phase from February 26 to April will see the inoculation of frontline personnel of the MOH, police and the armed forces.

Senior citizens, people with morbidity conditions and the disabled are next in line for the shots in the second phase from April to August.
The third phase from May to February 2022 is open to all aged 18 and above.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to be the first to receive the vaccine.

In addition to healthcare professionals, retired clinicians, medical and dental students, and trainee nurses will aid in the immunisation effort. Medical personnel in the private sector and NGOs will also lend assistance. – February 21, 2021.