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PAC wants ceiling price for Sinovac vaccine

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has proposed that the government set a ceiling price for the sale of the Sinovac vaccine by Pharmaniaga Bhd to private entities, as well as maximum charges by private healthcare facilities to vaccine recipients. PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh said the ceiling price was necessary to ensure the cost of vaccination was set at a reasonable rate in order to not burden the people. “The PAC acknowledges that the government will be allowing the sale of Covid-19 vaccines starting August and it is very important for a ceiling price to be determined,” he said in a statement.

More than 200 deaths two days in a row

PETALING JAYA: The country saw 207 deaths yesterday, a second consecutive day of over 200 deaths, after a similar number was recorded on Sunday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 96 of the deaths were reported in Selangor while 34 were in Kuala Lumpur. “Johor recorded 21 deaths, Melaka (17), Kedah (15), Negri Sembilan (seven), and Kelantan (five). “In Sabah and Terengganu, three deaths were reported in each state, while two deaths were reported in Sarawak and Pahang respectively. “In Penang and Labuan, one death each was reported there,” he said in a statement. Dr Noor Hisham also said as of Monday, the nation’s infectivity rate was 1.14.

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