Health minister Dr Adham Baba said the MoH was targeting 70% to 80% of Malaysians to register for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, but thus far only 7.6 million out of 26.7 million had registered through the MySejahtera app.

“I am not satisfied. MoH is not satisfied. MoH will find out the reason why they have not registered.

“Is the campaign not compelling enough or are they are taking a wait-and-see attitude?

“Or do they lack knowledge? Some even claim that the vaccine is this and that.

“Thus far, seven million have registered but the number is still low,” he said after officiating the district-level Malaysia Prihatin Covid-19 Vaccination: Protect Yourself, Protect All programme here today.

He said MoH hoped the number registering would increase before the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccine injection, commencing on April 17, to avoid difficulties in the final phase of the vaccine injection.

Adham said manual registration at health offices, health clinics, government and private hospitals had also been opened to make it easier for residents who did not have the technology or internet access to register for the vaccine.

In the meantime, he said the effectiveness of the vaccine had been proven as statistics of healthcare workers infected with Covid-19 had shown a decline.

He said 6,087 cases of Covid-19 infection among healthcare personnel were recorded as of yesterday, with nurses recording the highest number at 2,276 cases, or 37%, followed by medical officers with 816 cases, or 13%.

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