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KUALA LUMPUR: It will take time for the government to include dengue vaccination in the National Immunisation Programme, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad .
“The issue is when we can include it in the National Immunisation Programme... it will take a long time to do so as we need to take into account the budget allocation ,” he told reporters at the Rumah Keluarga Angkatan Tentera here on Saturday . It was reported that Takeda would sell the vaccine at a discounted rate in emerging markets at a one-third discount of its European pricing.Meanwhile, Dzulkefly said his ministry has submitted a request to get an allocation to expand the Wolbachia mosquitoes project to fight against Aedes.
Dzulkefly said since the introduction of the project in 2019, 19 out of the total localities have recorded a decrease in dengue cases between 43% to 100%.
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