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AstraZeneca open for registration in Kuching, Miri

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Khairy announcing the registration for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine which is open on May 23.

KUCHING: Those from Kuching and Miri who want to take the AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine can now register for it.

National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin said registration will be open tomorrow.

“The second round of AstraZeneca opt-in will open at 12pm (1200hrs) on Sunday, May 23 at vaksincovid.gov.my.

“This will only be open to residents of Klang Valley, Penang, Johor, Kuching and Miri,” he said in a post in his Twitter account today.

Khairy added the registration was for those above the age of 60.

On May 18, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force Sarawak (CITF Sarawak) has decided to allow the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Sarawak.

Uggah, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister said that the vaccine will be supplied to Sarawak through the coordination of the national CITF and will be offered to the eligible population, on a voluntary ‘first-come, first-served’, by appointment basis.

He added that separate designated vaccination centres would be set up and prepared for this purpose and they would be announced in due time.

Uggah also said a local paper had conducted an online survey on May 4 in Sarawak on the reception of the AstraZeneca vaccine after it was offered in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur on a voluntary basis.

The result showed that 69.4 percent of the 1,037 responses were in favour of giving Sarawakians the option of being vaccinated with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

However, only 52.9 percent of the 1,040 people who responded actually wanted to be vaccinated with the vaccine.

Given the new insight and the willingness of the people in Sarawak to have the choice of the AstraZeneca vaccine, CITF Sarawak has agreed to let the vaccine be used in Sarawak.

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