The Virus Outbreak Thread

1. Sarawak has started a full lockdown for 2 weeks due to rising Covid cases. Today, over 8,000 people have been infected, and the high numbers are due to more accurate tests conducted on people in Selangor, the worst-hit state.
    
2. In the Dharavi district of Mumbai, active Covid cases have dropped to 50 people, in contrast with surrounding areas having 204 to 254. New daily cases have dropped from 99 in April to below 5. The low Covid cases are due to an extensive testing method conducted on every household: tracing, tracking, testing and treating.
    
3. This reflects a steady decline in new cases in India due to lockdowns and more antibodies. New infections have dropped from 392,000 in early May to 237,000.
    
4. Malaysia has brought an additional 12.8 doses from Pfizer, which will cover 70% of the population. 2,223,000 doses of Pfizer will arrive on June, with 444,600 per week.

Malaysia have bought an additional 12.8 million doses from Pfizer, totalling 44.8 million doses, covering 70% of the population.

2,223,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive in Jun, about 444,600 per week. - Ghows Azzam, a government official

The government will be acquiring a total of 8.2 million doses of Sinovac vaccine by the end of June, with 3.8 million of them through fill and finish by Pharmaniaga Life Science Sdn Bhd.

Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 4.4 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine was imported directly from China with 400,000 already distributed and one million doses had arrived while the remaining three million would be received by the end of next month.

“..from the Pharmaniaga Life Science Sdn Bhd plant, 1.8 million are ready while two more million will be available by the end of June, thus giving the government a total of 8.2 million doses then,” he told a media conference after witnessing the ‘fill and finish’ process at Pharmaniaga Life Science Sdn Bhd factory in Puchong near here today.

The programme’s coordinating minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, today announced that the federal government will be supplying 4.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for all 2.2 million eligible Sarawakians with extra for buffer, and therefore Sarawak would not have to buy its own vaccines.

“I hope that with this assurance we will be able to see Sarawak achieve its target (to vaccinate 2.2 million of its residents) by the end of August and become the first state to complete the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme,” he told a virtual press conference after attending the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) meeting at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here today.

With the assurance and commitment by the federal government, Khairy said an estimated 380,000 doses will be sent to Sarawak per batch beginning June, until the 4.4 million doses have been fulfilled by the end of August.