K'tan govt wants one million Covid-19 vaccine doses before monsoon season


KOTA BARU (Bernama): The Kelantan government is appealing to the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry to approve the state’s request for one million doses of Covid vaccinesbefore the onset of the monsoon season in October.

Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob said the state government was worried about people in the state not getting appropriate protection from the virus during the monsoon season if 80%pof its population could not be vaccinated as targeted.

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