Experts: Include more clinics for vaccination


All systems go: PPV workers preparing for the opening of the country’s first mega vaccination centre at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: While mega vaccination centres will help ramp up inoculation rates, more general practitioner (GP) clinics need to be roped in for the National Immunisation Programme, say health experts.

Universiti Malaya occupational and public health expert Prof Dr Victor Hoe said the mega vaccination centres were to “centralise the vaccination process and minimise logistics issues”.

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