Community pharmacists now included as frontliners


PUTRAJAYA: Community pharmacists are now included in the list of frontliners who will be vaccinated in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee meeting on Thursday agreed to include community pharmacists in Category 2 of the guidelines to determine frontliners under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

He said the decision was made following a request by the Malaysian Pharmacists Society and Malaysian Community Pharmacy Guild.

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