How To Accelerate Vaccination Rate

Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy

29-Jul-21 07:45

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Vaccine Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin said that we still have a long way to go to immunise 80% of Malaysians. Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO of the Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy discusses the ongoing challenges especially in reaching out to niche groups like inmates and Orang Aslis, and other ways to measure the severity of the pandemic and make better decisions.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying & Arleen Webber

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan

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