The role of the Finance Ministry as well as reporting requirements to the Cabinet, Parliament, and other stakeholders are not clearly stated in the mySalam Fund Order, says the Auditor-General.
The Auditor-General says continuously implementing maintenance programmes without specifying an optimal period of use for medical equipment can be harmful.
Of 24,565 Covid-19 deaths reported in Malaysia as of Sept 22, only 7.5% were fully vaccinated, while 23% were partially vaccinated, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Covid-19 cases undetected by district health offices who were later brought in dead were also unable to get ambulance services, while BIDs among identified patients were attributed to delays in case verification, among other factors.
University Malaysia Sarawak has genome testing capacity of 200 tests a fortnight, nearly equal to the combined capacity of 204 tests by IMR, UiTM, UM’s Tidrec, and UKM-UMBI under the MOH-MOSTI-KPT genomic surveillance consortium.
Khairy Jamaluddin also says MOH is considering an “opt-out” for individuals who refuse to get vaccinated and who agree not to receive the privileges offered to fully vaccinated people.
Muhyiddin Yassin says this is a result of the government’s previous decision to order more than enough vaccines for the needs of the Malaysian population.