IT is “unfair” to allot only 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the country’s most populous state, said Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said today.

His Majesty was “shocked” to learn from the Covid-19 immunisation task force (CITF) that as of June, Selangor had received only 615,210 doses instead of the 2.9 million that was pledged.

“His Majesty stresses that it is unfair that the vaccine to 6.5 million population ratio in unbalanced,” the head of state said in a statement issued by his secretary Mohamad Munir Bani,

“The sultan urges the special committee on Covid-19 vaccine supply o hasten and increase the number of doses supplied to Selangor.

“In the present situation, people’s lives must be given priority over other agendas,” the head of state decreed.

The Selangor government recently disputed the CITF’s claim that 2.9 million vaccine doses had been handed to the state, which the team subsequently admitted was erroneous. It said the number included the the jabs in storage which were awaiting distribution to the state

Sultan Sharafuddin called for more vaccination centres to be established, particularly in rural areas while also expressing support for drive-through and mobile facilities to deliver the shots.

The ruler said he was disappointed in the people who were against vaccination.

“His Highness is disappointed and does not agree with anti-vaccine groups. His Highness hopes that people will not be influenced by such twisted thinking. The vaccine can save lives and entire communities.” – June 8, 2021.