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China may now pay the price for shielding a population that lacks "herd immunity" and has low vaccination rates among the elderly.

There has been no proven public health approach that one should be infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant to help build herd immunity, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

The Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in China for children aged 3 to 17 years.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is no longer using the conventional formula of achieving at least 80 per cent herd immunity among the country's adult population in curbing the spread of COVID-19.

The focus is currently on all states for at least 60 per cent of the adult population to be fully vaccinated by the end of September.

The COVID-19 jab using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for teenagers was made based on safe, effective and quality clinical data.

The Johor government hopes the federal government will expedite providing the COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 18 and below in the country to generate a wider herd immunity in the society.

Ismail Sabri today called on the entire Malaysian Family to register for vaccination, if they have yet to do so, to enable the country to safely achieve herd immunity.

Percentage of protected population takes priority but the expected impact could be threatened by immunological uncertainties.

Herd immunity is achieved when a certain threshold of the global population has either been inoculated against a pathogen.

Dr Izani said his committee had received a notification from MOSTI that Kelantan will receive 700,000 doses of vaccine in September.

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Nationally, just over 11 pct of the population have been fully vaccinated since the Southeast Asian nation began its inoculation program this January.

A stable government that will function for a reasonable period of time must be formed immediately to focus on efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and issues concerning the people's well-being.

Caretaker Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has expressed hope that a new government can be formed as soon as possible so that there are no disruptions to the country's administration.

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