PM vows to ramp up vaccinations, all adults to receive complete doses by October


Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin make a statement on the National Recovery Plan (PPN) at the special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat today. - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme is the government's main strategy against the pandemic and it will be beefed up so that all Malaysian adults will receive two doses of vaccines by October, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Muhyiddin, who was briefing Parliament about the National Recovery Plan on Monday (July 26), said initial estimates had 80% of adult residents in Malaysia being fully vaccinated by the first quarter of next year.

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