PIKAS is charging employers RM45 per vaccine dose despite the government allocating RM210 million for Covid-19 vaccination by private medical practitioners.
About 85% of Home Ministry frontline workers have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose as of June 16, including 75% who have been fully vaccinated, says Hamzah Zainudin.
The Health and Sciences Covid-19 Advisory Group of Experts (EAG) calls for precision public health measures and opposes any election unless low Covid-19 transmission rates are maintained with high vaccination rates.
A private hospital group says the price controls for Covid-19 tests only apply to private lab charges and that sampling, PPE, and consultation fees are excluded.
The government may consider using schools as Covid-19 vaccination sites, while foreign-bound students can apply for early vaccine appointments, says Khairy Jamaluddin
The government is also studying mixing Covid-19 vaccines by using AstraZeneca as the first dose and Pfizer as the second to boost efficacy against new variants, says Khairy Jamaluddin.