KJ’s adviser rubbishes Selangor exco’s claim PPVs running low on jabs

Mohd Ghows Azzam, science adviser to Khairy Jamaluddin, has told Selangor that new deliveries of vaccines had been scheduled over the next week.

PETALING JAYA:

An adviser to vaccine minister Khairy Jamaluddin has responded to Selangor public health executive councillor Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud’s claims that vaccination centres (PPVs) in the state were running low on jabs.

Mohd Ghows Azzam, the science adviser to Khairy, said Selangor currently had around 339,000 vaccine doses at hand, based on the vaccine management system.

He added that the supply would last for a week since the state was only utilising up to 46,000 jabs a day.

“Vaccines are given to accommodate more than that.

“Increasing vaccination is something we discussed when we came to Selangor to present the accelerated plan to finish by the end of August, and we are ever willing to facilitate this.

“On top of that, there are scheduled deliveries to Selangor on June 28, 29 and 30, as well as on July 1, 2, 3 and 4.

“If you are talking about vaccines outside of the national Covid-19 immunisation programme (PICK), for that, I can’t help,” Ghows said in a series of Twitter posts.

In her own Twitter post, Siti Mariah claimed that several PPVs would be running out of vaccines and would be forced to halt operations if Selangor did not receive new supplies.

“Discriminate against Selangor, the whole country will suffer. You answer to God, minister (Khairy),” she said.

In his response to her, Ghows told the Amanah assemblyman that she could have contacted the Covid-19 immunisation task force (CITF) rather than airing her grievances on social media.

But another state exco, Teng Chang Khim, slammed insinuations that the state government was at fault for the low vaccination rate in Selangor.

“Vaccines are controlled by you, PPVs are controlled by you, medical personnel are controlled by you and volunteers are also controlled by you.

“And you try to insinuate that it is Selangor’s capacity problem. It is your capacity problem (that is) manifested in Selangor,” he said in a Facebook post.

Earlier this month, the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, had said the vaccine allocation for the state was disproportionate and unfair, urging for greater priority to be given.

Following the Sultan’s rebuke, Khairy later said more vaccines would be delivered to Selangor, together with the setting up of more mega PPVs.

The minister also said 25% of the nation’s vaccine supply would be channelled to Selangor.

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KJ’s adviser rubbishes Selangor exco’s claim PPVs running low on jabs

But another state exco, Teng Chang Khim, slams insinuations that Selangor is at fault for the low vaccination rate.