‘Herd immunity will take time’


One for the album: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (centre) with (from third left) Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin with frontliners posing for a group photo after receiving their vaccination at the District Health Centre in Precinct 11 in Putrajaya. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: With the Health Ministry targeting to vaccinate 126,000 individuals a day, a health expert says the country is estimated to achieve herd immunity by the end of October at the earliest if everything goes smoothly.

However, realistically it will take at least a year, said Universiti Putra Malaysia medical epidemiologist and biostatistician Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman.

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