COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia
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The National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (Malay: Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan), abbreviated as NIP or PICK, is a national vaccination campaign that is currently being implemented by the Malaysian government as an approach in curbing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to end the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia by successfully achieving the highest immunisation rate among its citizens and non-citizens that are residing in Malaysia.[1] It is the largest immunisation programme implemented in the history of the country, and it is being administered by the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) since early 2021.
Date | 24 February 2021 (2021-02-24) –10 January 2022 |
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Location | Malaysia |
Theme | "Lindung Diri, Lindung Semua" |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia |
Target | To be fully protected against COVID-19 and transit the country from pandemic to endemic stage |
Organised by | Ministry of Health and the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) |
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Website | KKMNOW |
Despite running smoothly for the most part, the programme was plagued with numerous controversies and issues from a slow vaccine rollout rate due to lack of vaccine supplies despite the Malaysian government has purchased more than enough for the population, a poor priority of who will receive the vaccine first, logistical issues with the MySejahtera's digital vaccination appointment and certificate system, false news about vaccines, outbreaks and overcrowding of vaccination centres, to poor treatment from the volunteers and authorities on foreign workers.[2][3][4][5][6][7][excessive citations] Videos of recipients getting empty shots also surfaced, and the government claimed that the issue was due to human negligence stemming from the fatigue faced by the vaccinators involved.[8][9] Additionally, there were rumours of vaccine spots being sold by volunteers; however, these rumours are unverified.
A whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach has been adopted in assisting the programme, which involves several ministries and government agencies, state governments, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), the private sector, and members of the community to ensure that the programme achieves its target. Khairy Jamaluddin, who was also Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Minister (MOSTI), was appointed as the Coordinating Minister for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme after being approved by the Malaysian Cabinet until his resignation on 16 August 2021.[10][11]
The immunisation programme is currently being implemented in phases from 24 February 2021 to February 2022 starting with phase 1 of the programme, which consists of healthcare workers and frontliners. Then Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin became the first individual in Malaysia to receive the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine when it was broadcast live nationwide.[12] Based on reports from the third week of September 2021, Malaysia averaged about 244,588 doses administered each day and with that rate, it will take a further 27 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population in the country.[13]
Malaysia's MySejahtera app is ranked first in the world for install penetration rate and open rate among the Top COVID-19 Apps by Downloads Worldwide in 2021, according to the State of Mobile 2022 report.[14]