The number of MOH’s permanent health care workers have risen from 149,031 in 2010 to 214,534 in 2021, though by annual percentage it has fallen from a high 8.89% in 2013 to 1.28% as of September this year.
The government has used RM1 billion of the RM5 billion it intended to take out from KWAN to procure Covid-19 vaccines; no KWAN funds were used after EOs were revoked July 21.
JKS, whose term was not extended, had been tasked to probe suspicious government procurement and identify any weak or opaque governance that leads to mismanagement, abuse of power, or wastage.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme’s data integration system has 11 projects worth RM56 million under an RM70 million ceiling, with vendors including KPISoft, Redberry, and PwC.
WHO Western Pacific regional director Dr Takeshi Kasai received a presentation at MOH’s Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) about Malaysia’s new Heightened Alert System.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the government paid a significantly higher deposit for Covid-19 vaccines purchased from AstraZeneca as the pharmaceutical company wanted to use the deposit to increase manufacturing capacity.
Malaysia-Singapore VTL and Langkawi bubble travellers must test every day for six days after arrival in Malaysia, while travellers from UK, US, Australia, France, and Norway must wear a digital tracker on home quarantine.