MMA claims state JKJAV ordered audits on GP clinics before permitting them to administer Covid-19 vaccines; only 184 of 2,500 private clinics registered with PICK are currently conducting vaccination.
ProtectHealth acknowledges that private medical practitioners are involved in PICK as vaccinators, but says vaccine registration is only with MySejahtera.
Family doctors say Covid-19 inoculation is just like any other vaccines that they usually administer, hence there is no need to impose conditions on GPs for the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
The Malaysian Medical Association asks the Ministry of Health for minimum RM35 daily remuneration for private general practitioners (GPs) to issue home surveillance orders and to monitor Category 1 and 2 Covid-19 patients at home.
The Malaysian Medical Association says that all RT-PCR tests are processed in laboratories and that MOH guidelines oblige the person conducting laboratory processing of samples to report the result via SIMKA.
The RTK-AG swab tests can only be performed by trained health care professionals and under strict infectious disease prevention guidelines by the Ministry of Health.