Deputy minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the ministry’s enforcement division and other authorities viewed the issue seriously and will take action on the matter.

“We will investigate. The health ministry’s enforcement division will certainly be more careful in ensuring and checking the authenticity of the vaccination certificates,” he told a news conference after visiting the vaccination centre for teachers at SMK Abu Bakar Al-Baqir here today.

He was commenting on a statement by Kelantan police chief Shafien Mamat who reminded the public not to abuse the relaxation on interstate and inter-district travel restrictions by producing fake vaccination certificates.

Noor Azmi, who is Bagan Serai MP, said the issue would be brought to the ministry’s special meeting soon to discuss methods to address the matter.

Meanwhile, asked about the claims of low vaccination rate in Perak, Noor Azmi said that as at Aug 8, 34.4% of the population or 864,249 individuals had received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while 21.9% (549,262 individuals) had received both doses.

He said that for the Kerian district alone, a total of 57,841 individuals (29.8%) had received their first vaccine jab while 40,716 individuals (21%) had completed their vaccinations.

Earlier, at the event, some 1,500 teachers, support staff, canteen operators and school bus operators received their Covid-19 vaccinations in preparation for the reopening of schools from next month.

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