MP urges Putrajaya to let select committee scrutinise vaccine procurement
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COVID-19 | Putrajaya has been urged to allow the newly formed parliamentary select committee (PSC) on health, science and innovation to scrutinise the vaccine procurement process.
In a statement today, Bandar Kuching MP and medical practitioner Dr Kelvin Yii said the bi-partisan PSC can ensure transparency in the procurement process and help shore public acceptance in the vaccine.
He said that while Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has made clarifications in Parliament, the questions would continue.
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KJ: Kit Siang wrong to claim M sia paying Pfizer 20x more than Belgium
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Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said it was incorrect of Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang to claim that Belgium is paying 20 times less for Pfizer s Covid-19 vaccine compared to Malaysia. RM3 billion is our overall estimate to get coverage for at least 70 percent of our population. Your statement is incorrect, replied Khairy to a tweet by Lim.
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Ku Nan guilty in RM2m corruption case, and other news you may have missed
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KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
1. Former federal territories minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has been sentenced to 12 months’ jail and RM2 million fine after being convicted for corruption.
2. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah assured that the combination of the conditional movement control order and workplace testing is sufficient to curb the spread of Covid-19, amid calls for more stringent measures.
3. The Health Ministry appears to be in the dark on the details of the United Arab Emirates’ offer to donate 500,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate for testing in Malaysia.
Published on: Sunday, December 20, 2020
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Kuala Lumpur: A total of 1,153 new Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country over the past 24 hours, with Selangor still recording the highest daily tally of 401, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the latest development took the total number of infections in Malaysia to 91,969, with 15,294 of them being active cases.
“Of the new cases, two were imported cases who were infected abroad while the remaining 1,151 cases were local transmissions,” he said in a statement, Saturday.
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Kuala Lumpur had the second highest number of cases today with 281, followed by Sabah (199 cases).
Saturday, 19 Dec 2020 03:55 PM MYT
On November 24, Malaysia announced that it had secured an initial supply of 12.8 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer, enough to give free immunisation to 6.4 million Malaysians or 20 per cent of the population. Reuters pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 ― The government expects to receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer in February next year, said Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
He said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin told the Cabinet this at a recent meeting.