Vaccination going at snail’s pace in Penang


Gift of life: Volunteers donating blood during the Covid-19 awareness campaign at New World Park in George Town, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Despite a target 1.3 million people or 70% of its population, the Penang government is seeing less than 1% of the number being vaccinated daily.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the slow process of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme could be due to insufficient vaccines and the low number of vaccination centres in the state.

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