Thursday, 6 Zulkaedah 1442H/June 17 2021 - Alhamdulillah, Syukur and Thanks to Allah, my wife and I have completed our 2nd Dose of Pfizer Vaccine on June 15 2021.
Thanks to the efficiency of KKPandamaran Healthcare Frontliners, the Vaccination process went smoothly and speedily without any hiccup. We got vaccinated barely half an hour at the centre.
With the 2nd Dose, does it mean that we are now furnished with a Special Passport to chuck away the SOP and Paint The Town Red scot-free ? No, No, No! There is no such thing. We still need to comply with the SOP until Malaysia meets its targeted Herd Immunity - that is more than 80 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated. That means more than 26 million of the total population should be fully inoculated before the end of this year before we can safely open up more economic and social sectors, and back to normalcy. .
Are we close enough to the target yet? No. There is still a long way to go. Up to date, roughly more than 3 million have received their 1st doses and more than a million have gotten their 2nd doses.
To speed up the vaccine rollout, the Vaccination process has been expedited throughout the country. As of June 16, more than 200,000 doses have been given daily to meet the 26 million deadline before the end of the year.
I dearly hope that we will be able to ramp up the doses rollout to more than 300,000 doses daily so that we can meet the target date much earlier. But, everything hinges on the availability of the much needed vaccines which are imported from foreign manufacturers. The constraint of the imported vaccines could derail our target, hence the lives and livelihood of Malaysians.
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With LPK before joining Eric White Associates (Hill & Knowlton Group USA) and Al-Sadiq Consultants. Now a Freelancer and a Blogger.
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