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People can record COVID-19 vaccination process, says Khairy following claims
of improperly administered doses Vaccine recipients can now record slotxo themselves being jabbed at COVID-19 vaccine distribution centres,
said Malaysia's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin.
This followed several claims of improperly administered doses involving underdosage, empty syringe and
others since the national vaccination drive began in February.
“To ensure no more uncertainty, I have ordered that firstly, as usual, we ensure the SOPs
(standard operating procedures) are in existence - to show the recipient the syringe which has been filled
with the correct dosage before vaccination takes place," said Mr Khairy, who is the coordinating minister
of the national COVID-19 immunisation programme.
“And number two, I have given approval, and I’ve also obtained the Minister of Health’s approval,
that if there were orders not to allow (video recording), now, recipients can video their vaccination,”
he said in a press conference on Friday (Jul 23) alongside Health Minister Adham Baba.
Mr Khairy added this would ensure both the recipients and the health personnel had hard proof that
the former had received their proper vaccine dosage.
He said there had only been 13 police reports on alleged empty vaccinations made, and urged
the Malaysian public to take the viral reports of such claims in the context of 16 million doses
cumulatively administered nationwide thus far.
About 500,000 doses of vaccines are administered by frontliners daily, he added.
The minister said of the 13 police reports made, a number had been concluded as misunderstanding,
and the complainants had erased their postings from their social media.
“There are also cases where the complainants made a police report because their arms did not feel numb,
because there were no side effects from the vaccines,” he said, adding that the side effects of vaccination
differ from one person to the next.
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