KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has lodged two police reports, one on June 14 and another on June 22 following public complaints on the selling activities of Covid-19 vaccines.
"CITF has been working closely with the police to speed up the investigations into such allegations. We have learnt that the police have arrested several people and further details will be released soon," it said in a statement tonight.
The task force said Covid-19 vaccines were being given free to everyone in Malaysia under the Covid-19 National Immunisation Plan (NIP).
"CITF wants to stress here that no one can either sell vaccines or sell vaccine appointment slots.
"The Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee (JKJAV), a committee that was formed following the Cabinet's decision on Oct 14 last year which is co-chaired by the Health Minister and the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, has decided that the vaccines should neither be sold to (vaccine) recipients nor supply to other parties without the consent of the federal government.
"We want to stress that no approval has been given issued by the JKJAV on this matter to any parties," it said, urging the public to immediately report to the police on any offer to the Covid-19 vaccines to them.
It was reported that police had arrested three people in Putrajaya and Brickfields today for their alleged involvement in the sale of Covid-19 vaccines.
City police chief Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said two women and a man, aged between 23 and 50, were detained as a result of a police investigation following a report lodged by a CITF research officer.
He said the trio worked as marketing officers at a private firm and were found to have offered and sold Covid-19 vaccines via random calls to the public, charging them RM420 for two doses.