Principal investigator Dr Chow Ting Soo says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Plus working committee instead plans to test repurposed medication like anti-malaria drug artesunate, as well as anti-inflammatory drugs like imatinib and infliximab, as potential Covid-19 treatments.
Khairy Jamaluddin points out that Singapore’s Temasek invested in BioNTech, Israel paid a high price for Pfizer’s vaccine, and Indonesia hosted Phase Three clinical trials for Sinovac.
Khairy Jamaluddin says CodeBlue’s report about Covid-19 cases at the SCCC PPV was written in the spirit of improving the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
Average daily Covid-19 vaccine jabs rose 124% to 378,000 doses a day in July compared to last month, amid delivery of 15.9 million doses in July that is triple the 5.7 million doses in June.
By July 31, Kelantan and Sabah are scheduled to receive below 50 doses per 100 people, compared to Labuan (237), Sarawak (129), and the Klang Valley (108).
Kulim Bandar Baharu, Kota Belud, and Pulai MPs say PPV staff are asking for their help to supply items like computers, canopies, chairs, fans, and air-conditioners, among others.
Kulim Bandar Baharu MP Saifuddin Nasution Ismail also says Malaysia is not listed under the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) based in Johns Hopkins University, as Malaysia is not willing to share its Covid-19 data on a global platform.
Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis wants another Covid-19 vaccination centre in Kota Belud so the constituency can administer 1,000 daily jabs to inoculate all adults by end November at the earliest.