Health DG stresses fair distribution as private hospitals hope to sell vaccines

COVID-19 | In light of a request by private hospitals to be allowed to sell Covid-19 vaccines, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has stressed the importance of equitable distribution especially when resources were scarce.

Under the government’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, frontliners and high-risk groups are prioritised ahead of the general adult population.

Asked this evening about the private hospitals’ request, Noor Hisham...