{"id":158953,"date":"2021-11-19T15:06:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=158953"},"modified":"2021-11-19T15:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:08:31","slug":"walk-ins-allowed-for-covid-19-vaccination-booster-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=158953","title":{"rendered":"Walk-ins allowed for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Faizah Jimmy <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 19 November 2021: Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin  announced that the COVID-19 Immunisation Task Force Booster (CITF-B) would open walk-in registration of COVID-19 booster shots starting from Monday (22 November).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those eligible for the booster shot may walk-in or contact any private vaccination centre (PPV) to be on the waiting list. This allows any individual to receive their booster shot without waiting for a longer time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a tweet last week, Khairy emphasised that the booster dose is safe and effective to maximise the level of protection against the virus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For Sinovac recipients, a Pfizer booster is the best choice to increase your level of protection. Many who already qualify for the booster are waiting for a Sinovac booster to be approved. Dont wait. Take the Pfizer booster that is being offered. Its very effective and safe,&#8221; he tweeted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of now, the booster shots are being administered with priority given to frontliners, individuals aged 18 and above with comorbidities, individuals aged 40 and above, long-term healthcare workers, pregnant mothers and those who will be travelling overseas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public may refer to w<a href=\"http:\/\/www.protecthealth.com.my\">ww.protecthealth.com.my<\/a> starting from 22 November to list PPVs that provide walk-in registration of the booster dose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, the total cumulative booster doses administered nationwide is 1,042,234 doses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The booster dose had begun nationwide last month for fully vaccinated individuals to ensure that the community can achieve immunisation for a more extended period of time.***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em>New Straits Times <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Faizah Jimmy KUALA LUMPUR, 19 November 2021: Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin announced that the COVID-19 Immunisation Task Force Booster (CITF-B) would open walk-in registration&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5669,"featured_media":158955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[12,156,5669],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1328322.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158969,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158953\/revisions\/158969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}