Khairy's science adviser: Selangor not low on vaccines as claimed by exco member, has enough to last a week

PETALING JAYA: Selangor has enough vaccine supply to last a week and is not running low as claimed by a Selangor exco member, says Khairy Jamaluddin's science adviser.

Dr Mohd Ghows Mohd Azzam told Selangor public health executive councillor Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud that the state has about 339,000 doses according to the vaccine management system.

"With Selangor utilising 40,000 per day, this is enough for at least a week," he said on Twitter on Sunday (June 27).

Dr Siti Mariah had claimed earlier in the day, also on Twitter, that some vaccination centres (PPVs) in Selangor will be forced to stop operations in a matter of days unless their supply of Covid-19 vaccine is replenished.

On Saturday (June 26), National Covid-19 Immunisation programme coordinating minister Khairy had also denied that there was a vaccine shortage in Selangor, saying the state’s problem was instead one of vaccination capacity.

Dr Mohd Ghows said Dr Siti Mariah could have easily contacted the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) regarding the matter instead of putting it on social media.

"YB, currently Selangor is doing no more than 46,000 day.

"Vaccines are given to accommodate more than that.

"Increasing vaccination is something we discussed when we came to Selangor to present the accelerated plan to finish by the end of August, we are ever willing to facilitate this," added Dr Mohd Ghows, who is science adviser to Khairy's portfolio as Science, Technology and Innovation Minister.