MOH to lodge police report against doc's vaccine corruption claim

The Health Ministry will be lodging a police report against allegations of corruption in government procurement of the Covid-19 vaccine, first raised by consultant paediatrician Dr Musa Nordin.

In a statement today, it denied Musa's allegation that the government's Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) did not make orders for the Moderna vaccine, and the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) did not register the vaccine, as there were "not enough kickbacks".

"Given that the government has enough portfolio and doses to vaccinate Malaysia's population, the government will make a decision on the need for...