Khairy: Govt to set up scheme to handle Covid-19 vaccine side effects


PUTRAJAYA: The government is setting up a scheme to handle any serious adverse effects arising from the Covid-19 vaccination programme, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pic).

“Cabinet has agreed that the Health Ministry will prepare a special vaccine injury scheme which we will announce in due course, ” he said at a press conference at the launch of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan handbook in Putrajaya on Tuesday (Feb 16).

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