Kelantan today began administering the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine booster, with a total of 200,000 individuals targeted to receive the jabs in stages.
State Health Department director Dr Zaini Hussin said for the initial stage, it will be given to frontliners, with an estimated 20,000 doses to be given to health workers.
“The vaccine dose will also be given to those with comorbidities as well as individuals who may be travelling overseas.
“Maybe certain nations have this requirement (for booster shots), so we will administer the jabs to these individuals.
"In fact, those who feel that they belong to the categories stated can come to the hospitals (to receive the shots),” he said after receiving a contribution of personal protective equipment from Yayasan Ikhlas at the Health Department's Infectious Diseases Branch in Kota Bharu today.
Zaini added that the implementation of the booster dose in the state would be administered by hospitals, health clinics and private clinics according to guidelines issued by the Health Ministry.
According to Zaini, Kelantan has so far achieved 79 percent full vaccination against Covid-19 among individuals aged 18 and above.
He added that although the state continued to record four-digit cases of daily infections, about 97-98 percent of the cases only involved Category 1 and 2 patients.
- Bernama
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