By Zareef Muzammil
GOMBAK, May 19 — The Selangor government’s plan to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for its people is to complement the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme initiated by the Federal administration.
Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari stressed that the offer made to employers to buy the vaccines from the state government for its staff is not meant to gain profit as claimed by certain parties.
He said that the claims were made to purposely tarnish the image of the Selangor administration.
“We will be announcing the complete plan. The state government is not planning to sell all the vaccines bought to employers and have allocated some for the people.
“What we intend to do is to complement the Federal government’s national immunisation programme,” said the Menteri Besar when met during the free Covid-19 screening programme at Dewan Beringin in Gombak Setia, here today.
Several media had reported that the Selangor administration is offering employers to buy Covid-19 vaccines for their workers by registering via SELangkah.
However, the app or website has not stated the type of vaccine that will be available.
Selangor intends to procure some five million doses for the people in the state and had set aside at least RM100 million to make a purchase.
