PETALING JAYA: Various parties are gearing up for the launch of the second phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme on April 19, though much remains to be done to hit the ground running. Under the second phase, the elderly, chronically ill and people with disabilities are prioritised for vaccination. As such, the government said that economic frontliners as well as people in phase three may be bumped up the vaccine queue. However, while authorities, care facilities and private hospitals are raring to get the second phase kick-started, there will be great challenges as the country rolls out the second phase which is expected to end in August. He said, however, that registrations were still relatively slow among private hospitals in the states outside the Klang Valley.

Source: The Star April 15, 2021 23:28 UTC