Vaccination still our best pathway towards normalcy

ON July 3, the coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Khairy Jamaluddin, conveyed optimistic news that the current rate exceeds previously set target levels, and the country is currently vaccinating at a rate per capita higher than the world average. This delivers massive hope to our devastated socio-economy.

However, we must also be mindful of the possible stall in the vaccination rate, which many nations have encountered sooner or later irrespective of successful vaccine procurement but rather due to vaccine hesitancy. This is where each citizen must play their civic role, and the following are the scientific reasons why.