News & Reviews:   VACCINE

Starting from 1 March, Sinovac recipients aged 18 and above, plus haven't received a booster shot will lose the 'Fully Vaccinated' status on the MySejahtera app. Although it was previously mentioned, the Ministry of Health is here to inform the public once again.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that misinformation can be deadly as the covid-19 virus. A huge amount of misinformation has been spread through social platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp more than before due to the pandemic. To combat this, Facebook has been actively banning 3000 accounts (and counting), groups and pages from doing so.

It seems that science, tech, innovation and vaccines minister Khairy Jamaluddin has made an announcement stating that citizens who are getting vaccinated are allowed to record themselves as they’re receiving the vaccine. The decision to allow recording during the vaccination process was because of a case where a citizen was injected with an empty syringe not too long ago.

Late last night, the Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia posted that we could apparently get a faster COVID-19 vaccine appointment on the MySejahtera app. On the contrary, the same Facebook page also quickly debunked the post by saying it's fake news, saying there's no such thing as an appointment shortcut.

After getting the precious AstraZeneca vaccine appointment slot, it's now your responsibility (or maybe your phone's) to make sure that you remember to attend it. By making it easier, Grab is offering discounts to the citizens who are aged 60 and above on Grab rides to the vaccination centres.

Starting from today onwards, it will be possible to help your parents and children above the age of 18 register for the COVID-19 on the MySejahtera app starting from 19 March 2021. In order to do so, all you need to do is head into the MySejahtera App and follow the necessary steps in order to have your family registered.

Based on a statement by Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, it seems that roughly 1.4 million Malaysians who registered for the COVID-19 vaccine did not provide additional information about themselves other than confirming their identity via NRIC. Citizens who did not provide the app with the necessary information might end up needing to get the vaccine at a later date, as some of the information might be required in order to set up an appointment.

Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has recently announced that it will be possible for users to register their family members for the COVID-19 vaccine starting from 12 March 2021 onwards. With that in mind, you can soon help your not-so-tech-savvy parents register for the vaccination via the MySejahtera app.

Previously, we reported that the COVID-19 vaccine registration will be available on the MySejahtera app. With this, the government just recently confirmed that the app will remind Malaysians under the National COVID-19 Immunization Program for a second round.

It seems that Techcrunch.com recently mentioned that Grab plans to have all Grab drivers and riders vaccinated by 2022. With that in mind, Grab wants to work closely with government bodies to ensure that the vaccination is done as fast and as thoroughly as possible.