Today, I received 100,000 self-test Covid-19 antigen kits. These test kits will be distributed all around Johor to increase the testing capacity so that a more effective detection of the Covid-19 infection could be carried out to identify positive cases.These self-test kits will help efforts to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and identify hotspots. We need to increase ‘Test, Trace and Vaccinate’ so that herd immunity can be achieved as soon as possible.HRH Major General Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, Crown Prince of Johor

I completely understand the grouses of Johoreans that the vaccination rate in the state has been slow. It needs to be sped up immediately to ensure we can reach herd immunity and allow the Johor economy to recover sooner.I have been informed by YB Khairy Jamaluddin and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation officials that Johor received another 165,000 vaccine doses today to bring the total for July to 695,370 doses. Johor was supposed to receive 1.293 million doses for July but there has been a delay from Pfizer and Sinovac. However, 570,000 more doses are due to arrive by...

Happy Hari Raya Aidiladha. May the sacrificial rituals be done accordingly and blessed to help the underprivileged as much as possible. I pray that you and your family will remain safe during the Hari Raya Aidiladha celebrations no matter where you are. I also pray that we will go back to our normal lives soon. Insya-Allah. HRH Major General Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, Crown Prince of Johor

Congratulations and thank you to Johoreans and all parties involved in the Covid-19 vaccine registration effort that has now hit the 86.5% mark including district offices, state government agencies and Southern Volunteers that have been mobilised in the past one month. A total of 2,346,163 Johoreans have already registered for the vaccine as of Sunday, 18 July 2021. I urge those who have yet to register to sign up as soon as possible to ensure the well-being of society with herd immunity and also start recovery of the Johor economy. HRH Major General Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan...

I would like to wish all the best to all national athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games from July 23 to August 8. 30 national athletes will compete in 27 events of 10 different sports. I am confident that our athletes will be able to compete with athletes of other countries on the world stage to achieve excellence. I would also like to congratulate Minister of Youth and Sports YB Dato’ Sri Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican for his efforts in ensuring the national contingent were able to go for the Tokyo Olympics despite facing challenges of the ongoing Covid-19. ...

visited the Vaccine Storage Center at Permai Hospital, Johor Bahru today (Wednesday, 14 July 2021) to inspect the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to vaccination centers (PPV) in Johor. During the visit, I also had a meeting with Health and Environment EXCO YB Vidyananthan A/L Ramanadhan, Tourism, Youth and Sports EXCO YB Dato’ Onn Hafiz bin Ghazi and Johor Deputy State Secretary YB Dato’ Haji Mohd Noh bin Ibrahim. I have decreed that the vaccination programmes throughout Johor be accelerated to achieve herd immunity as soon as possible. At the same time, I advised that the...