Sinovac says more than 200 million doses of its CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to more than 20 countries. KOTA KINABALU: A Malaysian businessman behind the controversial offer of COVID-19 vaccine donation to Penang state government was called up for questioning by Sabah police on Friday .
Mr Khairy, who is minister in charge of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, said that an investigation by his office showed there Xintai Development Enterprise Ltd does not exist.He said his team had contacted Sinovac Biotech in China which confirmed that there was no evidence or application received by representatives of the company on the intended offer.
“When we received the letter, I referred it to Sinovac and found the offer was not real. This is a scam, this is bogus. Do not politicise the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme with this scam”, said Mr Khairy, as reported by Bernama.Read: Selangor state government places booking for 2.
“This is now a political issue. It’s not fair to me. We only wanted to donate the vaccines, not give cash,” said Mr Yong as quoted byMr Yong claimed that his offer of buying the Sinovac vaccine was initially for Sabah but it was rejected by the state as the vaccine had yet to be approved by the Malaysian government then.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.