The Malaysian Insight

FEDERAL government will work with the Selangor government to make more Covid-19 vaccination doses available in the state to counter the spike in cases, said national Covid-19 immunisation programme co-ordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

“We will be issuing a joint statement later today,” he said today in a press conference at the Exhibitions and Trade Malaysia International (Mitec), adding that he had spoken with Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari on the issue.

He also said that the joint statement would include the problems people faced with the registration of AstraZeneca vaccine earlier this week.

State and federal government had previously been at odds, trading blows after the sheer volume of bookings for the AstraZeneca jab coming from the state.

Khairy also said that more vaccination centres would open in Klang Valley from June 7.

“In Selangor we will add three vaccination centres: the Mines convention centre, UiTM Puncak Alam and Setia City Convention Centre.

“In Kuala Lumpur, another two will be added: KLCC convention centre and Bukit Jalil Stadium car park,” said Khairy.

He also mentioned that next week he will be heading to Penang and then Johor to discuss opening more centres in these states.

Yesterday, Malaysia saw a high of 9,020 new Covid-19 cases reported. Selangor reported 2,836 cases, the most of any state. – May 30, 2021.