THE Covid-19 vaccines are provided for free to all people in Malaysia, and they are not to pay for any consultation, administrative or vaccination fee to anyone, said Khairy Jamaluddin.

The coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme also said that employers are not allowed to push any administrative cost to their employees for their vaccination process.

He said the government was absorbing all the cost of the vaccines and as such, it was made available for free to the people.

“Vaccines are provided for free to the employees under the public-private vaccination partnership (Pikas).

“The administrative cost of vaccination must be borne by the employers. This includes the cost of preparing the vaccination centres, which are managed by the private sector and private medical practitioners.

“Employers are prohibited from transferring those administrative costs to the employees by deducting from their salary,” he said in a statement today.

He also urged members of the public not to deal with anyone offering the vaccines.

He said they should report such cases to the authorities.

“I would like to stress that the vaccination is given for free to all residents in Malaysia.

“There is no payment involved for people to go to the vaccination centres run by private medical practitioners for their vaccines.

“Likewise, there is also no consultation fee involved for vaccinations provided by private medical practitioners,” he said.

Earlier today Kuala Lumpur police chief Azmi Abu Kassim said three people have been arrested for allegedly selling Covid-19 vaccine without government authorisation.

He said an initial investigation showed that the three had contacted the public randomly and offered the vaccine.

“They charged RM420 for two doses and payment was to be made once the person received the shots,” he added.

All three have been remanded for three days to facilitate investigations. – June 24, 2021.