Covid-19: Penang drops plan to buy own vaccine, will receive large supply soon, says CM


GEORGE TOWN: Penang's initial plan to purchase its own Covid-19 vaccine has been dropped and the state is expected to receive a large supply soon, says Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

He said in a recent meeting with National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin, the state received an assurance that the supply of vaccines will no longer be an issue.

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