Private GPs have contributed to only 5% of the vaccinations in the Klang Valley, because it was never in the CITF's plans to prioritise GP participation from the beginning.
The Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia says select private hospitals will provide private Covid-19 vaccination, calling for a wider range of vaccines to be made available.
CITF will no longer give first-dose and second-dose appointments to Covid-19 vaccination centres in GP clinics, specialist clinics, private hospitals, and ambulatory care centres across Selangor and KL from August 23.
Bukit Gasing state assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran wants JKJAV to reinstate first-dose Covid-19 vaccination in panel clinics, as there are only 10 PPVs in KL and Selangor available for walk-in jabs.
Khairy Jamaluddin welcomes contributions from the private sector to allow the national budget to be used for the vaccine rollout on the general population.
PIKAS is charging employers RM45 per vaccine dose despite the government allocating RM210 million for Covid-19 vaccination by private medical practitioners.
Khairy Jamaluddin says industries will absorb all additional costs of on-site Covid-19 vaccination programmes, including paying government-owned ProtectHealth Corporation, except the cost of vaccines itself that are provided free by the government.
The Malaysia Shopping Malls Association’s statement contradicts government-owned ProtectHealth Corporation’s denial about collecting any fee for Covid-19 vaccine rollouts in shopping centres.