Why no reply to Penang bid for own vaccine supply, asks Sim

Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim is questioning whether political differences between the federal and the Penang governments are the reason why the state's application for the Covid-19 vaccine has not received a response after three months.

He was commenting after Sarawak received government approval to procure up to a million Sinovac vaccines.

“The Coordinating Minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick), Khairy Jamaluddin, had said last month that state governments intending to purchase their own supply of Covid-19 vaccine...