Good morning! The government unveiled its emergency measures and vaccination plan. Here's what you need to know.

Key Highlights

• The vaccination plan
  
  
• Emergency measures unveiled
  
  
• Home learning hurdles
  
  

The vaccination plan

Malaysia’s vaccination plan is finally taking shape.

Frontliners will be vaccinated in March. The old and sick in May. The rest of Malaysians in August. Our guide explains in more detail.

Here’s the progress of Putrajaya’s vaccine orders and the population that they can cover:

Pfizer-Biontech (95% efficacy):
37.9 percent of Malaysians

Sinovac (50.4% - 91.25% efficacy):
18.75 percent of Malaysians

Sputnik V (91.4% efficacy):
10 percent of Malaysians

Astrazeneca-Oxford (62%-90% efficacy):
10 percent of Malaysians

Pfizer-Biontech is an American-German initiative, Sinovac is China’s, Sputnik V is Russia’s and Astrazeneca-Oxford Is UK’s.

There are challenges, such as varying efficacies and the EU’s threat to block exports. But Malaysia is buying more than needed for herd immunity and negotiating for extra.

HIGHLIGHTS

	When can Malaysians get vaccinated? Several vaccines are on the way.
	'Ring vaccination' on the cards Vaccines will be used to contain clusters.
	Selangor will vaccinate foreign workers This is necessary for herd immunity.

Emergency measures unveiled

Got Covid-19? You can now get treated at private hospitals, if you can pay. Your insurance won’t cover you, yet.

The government is still negotiating with insurance firms which are reluctant to cover the cost.

Sixteen national service camps will be converted into temporary detention centres to reduce overcrowding in prisons and immigration facilities.

Chief secretary-general Mohd Zuki Ali announced the emergency measures from home quarantine after being exposed to a Covid-19 patient.

Civil servants are now also required to sign off “Emergency to fight Covid-19” in their letters.

HIGHLIGHTS

	Anwar sues over PM's 'advice' on emergency He says it goes against the constitution.
	2.8m may lose jobs if total lockdown - Minister More than 13k companies went under last year.
	Covid-19 patient left in the dark No direction from authorities despite testing positive.

HIGHLIGHTS

	More airtime for TV Pendidikan This is for SPM students.
	Court proposes Pua, Najib settle suit This is over misfeasance in public office.
	Man claims jewellery missing from dead Covid-19 patient The family also claims given the wrong remains.

A daily glance at Covid-19

• 3,585 new cases yesterday (Jan 26) with 54.3 percent of cases in the Klang Valley.
  
  
• Recoveries outpaced new cases for the fourth consecutive day. Note that the government stopped testing asymptomatic people.
  
  
• The death toll hit 700. Patients in the intensive care unit at a record high of 280.
  
  
• Malaysiakini also compiles daily locations affected by Covid-19 so you can take precaution.
  
  

What else is happening?

• Tommy Thomas, in his new memoir, tells of how then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad wanted him out as the attorney-general.
  
  
• Government is looking at rare earth extraction in four states but promised they will not be radioactive.
  
  
• Parti Pejuang Tanah Air may take over an existing party if the government continues to block its registration.
  
  
  

HIGHLIGHTS

	Health Ministry told to guide GPs There's no info on monitoring home quarantine patients.
	Housewife loses RM2.08 million Another Macau scam victim.
	Don't politicise the emergency - Ismail  'People should understand the context'.

What are people saying?

	Anwar can’t expect banks to be charitable By Manjit Bhatia
	Two weeks on, emergency not helping By Francis Paul Siah
	DAP must stand against ‘Cina jaga Cina’ By Malaysiakini readers

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