PUTRAJAYA (Feb 3): The Ministry of Health Ministry (MOH) is prepared to implement the first phase of the National Immunisation Plan, once the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are in Malaysia on Feb 26, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

He said the vaccine delivery dry runs to Belaga Health Clinic in Sarawak on Jan 29 and Bintulu Hospital on Jan 30 went smoothly without any problem.

He said the test runs were conducted to ensure the supply of vaccines from US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in Puurs, Belgium could be kept at ultra-low temperatures throughout the journey to Malaysia.

"The dry run is important and the input data logger which monitors the delivery process showed satisfactory results," he told reporters after introducing the online teaching application on Covid-19, here, today.

Dr Adham said the Covid-19 vaccine storage for the first phase, equipped with facilities such as the ultra-low temperature freezer, is to ensure that the vaccines are maintained at the correct temperature before being removed and distributed to vaccination sites that have been identified.

On the Covid-19 educational application, Dr Adham said the idea mooted by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia biochemist and global issue analyst Peter Chew, is to create awareness of how to survive and protect oneself from being infected with Covid-19.

"It is important to give basic education to the community, especially those who live far from health facilities so that they will take heed of the new norms such as physical distancing, wearing face mask, washing their hands often, and avoiding crowded places during an outbreak," he said.

Meanwhile, Chew said the silent carriers were the cause of the widespread transmission during the second wave in Malaysia and as such basic education is important and measures must be taken to curb the spread of the infection as well as to reduce medical expenses.

The educational platform can be accessed at https://youtu.be/uU89i8uO5Qs, http://youtu.be/OhDH_h3jCxs and http://youtu.be/z1YHIWrvuwY.