THE Health Ministry will not take action against anyone who comes to vaccination centres (PPVs) for their Covid-19 vaccine jabs, Khairy Jamaluddin said.

The health minister said it was the ministry’s duty to provide vaccination for everyone who resides in Malaysia. 

“We do not turn anyone away. We provide the vaccine for free to Malaysians and non-Malaysians who are here without documentation. 

“And we do not take action against anyone who comes to the PPV to get vaccinated,” he said at a press conference in Putrajaya today.

Khairy was responding to a statement by Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin that healthcare workers are to report to the security authorities if undocumented migrants come to PPVs for vaccination.

Earlier today, the Malaysian Medical Association protested Hamzah’s statement, saying it would hamper the country’s goal of vaccinating everyone.

“This will definitely create a setback in our efforts to vaccinate everyone in the community,” MMA president Dr Koh Kar Chai said.

The Malaysian Insight has also reported that undocumented migrants have had to seek “underground” jabs for fear of getting arrested by the authorities.

The group is resorting to this because they are fearful authorities can track their presence and whereabouts if they register on the MySejahtera app, and would be detained when they turn up for jabs at official vaccination centres. – September 24, 2021.