Khairy on AstraZeneca: Pick a time and date

PETALING JAYA: As registration for the AstraZeneca vaccine opens at noon on Sunday (May 2), Khairy Jamaluddin (pic) showed people what they can expect to see when they get to the registration page.

In a tweet, the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister told interested candidates to pick a date and vaccination centre to get inoculated.

“If a date is unavailable and turns grey, you can still click to be put on the waiting list for that date and (venue), ” he said.

On Wednesday (April 28), the government announced that it will offer the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on a "first come, first serve" voluntary basis to the public in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor following public concerns about the vaccine.

All 268,800 AstraZeneca vaccine doses received by the government would not be used in the mainstream National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme but given through dedicated vaccination centres (PPV) in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

Concerns surrounding AstraZeneca came about after several cases of blood clotting emerged among receivers of the vaccine.

However, the coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin assured the public that the AstraZeneca vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective, and that the number of incidents is very rare, with only four cases out of one million people globally.

Those in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor who wish to volunteer for the AstraZeneca vaccine can log into https://www.vaksincovid.gov.my.

Bookings for AZ will be accepted from 1200hrs today when it officially opens at https://t.co/TF4fINjmn7. You will see this. Pick one date and one PPV only. If a date is unavailable and turns grey, you can still click to be put on the wait list for that date & PPV. pic.twitter.com/pg92nyNypw — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) May 2, 2021