Vaccination nears 100k doses per day, but many still missing appointments

 

The Covid-19 vaccination programme is getting closer to its target of injecting 150,000 doses per day in June.

However, it seems that many who have registered to get vaccinated are still missing their appointments.

In a social media update today, the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) said it administered 99,552 doses of vaccine yesterday.

Of this 68,958 were first doses, with the remainder being second doses of the vaccine.

Nationwide, 45.6 percent of the adult population have registered for vaccination.

But keeping up with appointments is a problem that has not yet been addressed.

In a report today, Harian Metro cited Kedah health director Dr Mohd Fikri Ujang as saying that 10,827 out of 30,100 people registered for vaccination had missed their appointments between April 19 and last Saturday. 

Among the reasons cited were a last-minute change of mind on getting vaccinated, as well as not having transportation to go to vaccination centres.

Those who missed their appointments were replaced with others on the waiting list.

In Kelantan, unfamiliarity with the MySejahtera application has been cited as the reason senior citizens missed their appointments. 

Health problems forcing a reschedule were also given in Kedah and Kelantan.

The situation is such that Ketereh MP Annuar Musa made a heartfelt plea for people in Kelantan to get vaccinated.  - Mkini