{"id":11386,"date":"2021-09-08T13:39:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T05:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11386"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:39:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T05:39:57","slug":"walk-in-vaccinations-in-klang-valley-to-end-after-sept-15-adham-baba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11386","title":{"rendered":"Walk-in vaccinations in Klang Valley to end after Sept 15 &#8211; Adham Baba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PUTRAJAYA, Sept 8 &#8212; The COVID-19 walk-in vaccination programme in the Klang Valley will end after Sept 15, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the decision was made after taking into account the small percentage of eligible vaccine recipients who have yet to get the COVID-19 jabs as well as the low presence reported at vaccination centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said starting Sept 16, Klang Valley residents who have yet to get vaccinated can get their COVID-19 vaccines at selected health clinics which would be announced later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe walk-in vaccination program will still continue in the states. The public is advised to follow the latest updates from their state Health Departments regarding the walk-in program,&#8221; he said during a press conference at the handover ceremony between him and Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Dr Adham said as of yesterday (Sept 7) 69.9 per cent of the total adult population in the country have\u00a0completed their COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-08-at-13.37.49.png\" alt=\"klang\" class=\"wp-image-11387\" width=\"498\" height=\"271\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme aims to inoculate 80 per cent of the country\u2019s adult population by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlhamdulillah, now we are on the right track and vaccination has reached a commendable rate,&#8221; he said, adding that on Sept 2, Malaysia\u2019s COVID-19 coverage had surpassed that of the United States for at least one dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said as many more Malaysians had received their COVID-19 jabs, the vaccination rate had also declined, which is&nbsp;a good sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to expect a decrease in the country\u2019s vaccination rate in the coming weeks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=2001048\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUTRAJAYA, Sept 8 &#8212; The COVID-19 walk-in vaccination programme in the Klang Valley will end&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7574,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19","category-local"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsium-slider-full":"","newsium-featured":"","newsium-medium":""},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=7574\" rel=\"category\">COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=20\" rel=\"category\">Local<\/a>","tag_info":"Local","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11388,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions\/11388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}