SPOUSES who have registered for phase two of the Covid-19 vaccination programme under separate MySejahtera app can request a joint appointment date, said Khairy Jamaluddin. 

The coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said those who have registered as dependents should not have an issue with the appointment date.

However, he advised those who have registered using their individual MySejahtera accounts to call the hotline to request a joint appointment. 

“Husband and wife, where they have registered as dependents under the MySejahtera app, we will give (appointment) together,” the science, technology and innovation minister said at his weekly press conference on the vaccination programme today .

“But those who have registered separately using their individual accounts have the possibility of getting different appointment dates. 

“That is why I would like to inform that they can call our hotline to request appointments for spouses in phase two, or dependents to be given on the same date and at the same time.” 

The government rolled out phase two of the Covid-19 vaccination programme today. 

Under this phase, Khairy said, 1,438,974 senior citizens above the age of 60 have registered for the programme while 136,798 disabled people and 2,029,297 people with comorbidities have also signed up.

He said more than 9,000 people under this group will receive the first dose of vaccine today, adding that Perlis has the most number of recipients.

“A total of 9,916 people are scheduled to receive their vaccines today,” he said.

“Dewan 2020 in Perlis will witness the largest group to be vaccinated, with 924 of them.” 

Khairy also announced today that 30 non-medical vaccination centres have opened in Kedah, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perlis, Terengganu, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan to complement the already existing 600 vaccine dispensing centres.

Apart from this, he said the immunisation programme is on schedule, adding that the country only lags behind Singapore, Indonesia and Cambodia in Asean. 

He urged everyone to follow the scheduled vaccination phases and advised them not to miss their appointments. 

The second phase is from April to August, involving 9.4 million senior citizens, aged 60 and above, as well as vulnerable groups with morbidity problems and persons with disabilities.

The third phase, scheduled from May to February 2022, is for individuals aged 18 and above, targeting about 14 million people. – April 19, 2021.