Covid-19: Kelantan needs 900,000 vaccine doses to achieve herd immunity in October


KOTA BARU (Bernama): The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (Aug 24) was told that the state requires about 900,000 doses of vaccine next month to ensure that the herd immunity target can be achieved in October.

State Local Government, Housing and Health Committee chairman Dr Izani Husin said his committee had received a notification from the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) that Kelantan will receive 700,000 doses of vaccine in September.

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