CITF to contact Selangor ‘victims’ of registration fiasco

CITF to contact Selangor ‘victims’ of registration fiasco

Immunisation minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari say there was no manipulation by SELangkah.

Complaints were raised about Selangor residents being registered for AstraZeneca vaccinations without their consent.
PETALING JAYA:
Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari and immunisation minister Khairy Jamaluddin have denied allegations that AstraZeneca vaccine registrations last week had been manipulated by the Selangor check-in and contact tracing system, SELangkah.

They said the Covid-19 immunisation task force (CITF) would contact Selangor complainants who said they had been registered for the AstraZeneca jab without their consent.

CITF would obtain their approval for the vaccine shots, they said in a joint statement.

Last week, CITF revealed that certain third parties had made bookings for the vaccine without the recipients knowing.

SELangkah has since denied allegations that it had made block bookings in large quantities for the AstraZeneca vaccine.

“To resolve this issue, ImuniSel has agreed to submit a list of names of individuals who have been registered within days to be contacted by CITF to obtain approval to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine,” the statement added.

Those whose appointment dates were changed were able to get back their initial appointment dates if they did not agree with the new dates provided.

Khairy and Amirudin said CITF was also informed that some people had received AstraZeneca vaccine appointments through registrations made by others, including family members or their employers.

“An additional feature in the MySejahtera application will be developed in the near future to enable affected individuals, especially those who have received new appointments, to provide feedback and get immediate solutions,” they said.

Last week, many people complained they were unable to register for AstraZeneca vaccinations through MySejahtera when registrations were opened to the general public under 60 years of age on a voluntary basis.

The government has since ended the opt-in system and re-incorporated AstraZeneca into the national immunisation programme.

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