Covid-19 Fund includes allocations for vaccine, says Khairy


KUALA LUMPUR: The RM3bil allocation for a Covid-19 vaccine will come from special expenditure under the Covid-19 Fund, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

"I have requested for the Finance Minister to prepare the RM3bil allocation, and he will answer the necessity for it to be consolidated under the Covid-19 Fund as special expenditure," the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said when answering a question raised by Chan Foong Hin (PH-Kota Kinabalu) in Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Nov 16).

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