219: Daily Dose @ 5: Nearly 100,000 pregnant women given COVID-19 jab date, NZ's Medsafe approves Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year olds

<div>Among the headlines for Monday, 21 June, 2021, a total of 98,166 pregnant women who registered for the Covid-19 vaccine, have been given their vaccination appointments, National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today.</div><div> </div> <div>Khairy said the appointments are being issued in stages according to the estimated date of delivery, whereby last weekend, we gave 3,000 appointments in Kuala Lumpur and 224 in Perlis.</div> <div> </div> <div>Also, New Zealand's medical regulator, Medsafe has given provisional approval for 12 to 15-year-olds to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination. However, the young Kiwis will not be able to get the jab until the Government gives the final tick of approval. </div> <div> </div> <div>Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3 minutes.</div> <div> </div> <div>We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.</div> <div> </div> <div>Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div> <div> <br /> <br /> </div>