Malaysia will have enough COVID-19 vaccines to cover 80 per cent of the population by October.

This was the assurance given by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin via a Twitter post.

“Bila saya nak dapat vaksin ni?”

Garisan hijau adalah jadual penghantaran semua vaksin yang Malaysia telah perolehi. Garisan kuning status pendaftaran sekarang. Garisan biru muda sasaran PICK. Bekalan akan mula melebihi pendaftaran pada Jun. Pasti selesai sebelum akhir tahun. pic.twitter.com/qn0GWEIq1k

— Khairy Jamaluddin ??? (@Khairykj) April 13, 2021

The Twitter post included a graph from the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) showing the vaccines' scheduled delivery compared to the total number of registrations to date.

“The green line is the delivery schedule of all the vaccines that Malaysia has obtained.

"The yellow line is the status of vaccine registrations now. The light blue line is the programme’s target," he tweeted.

This is the projection for Malaysia’s cumulative vaccine deliveries. We project supply in excess of demand June onwards. This will mean faster vaccination rates. Current deliveries still low. Largely due to the stark vaccine inequity of advanced countries condemned by WHO and UN. pic.twitter.com/kpnIP2XH3m

— Khairy Jamaluddin ??? (@Khairykj) April 13, 2021

He also assured that the supply will be in excess of demand starting June onwards.

The vaccine schedule

The second phase of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme is scheduled to start on April 19.

The third phase should begin from May to February 2022.

Hopefully, there are no holdups, and everything goes according to plan.