Only small number of ’empty syringe’ reports, minister says

 

A vaccine recipient claimed a healthcare worker at a drive-through vaccination centre in Sungai Petani, Kedah, failed to depress the syringe.

PETALING JAYA: Of the 16 million Covid-19 vaccine jabs given so far, there have only been 13 police reports alleging they were given “placebo” vaccines or none at all, with the majority being the result of a misunderstanding, vaccination minister Khairy Jamaluddin has said.

This comes after a video circulated online that showed a healthcare worker at a drive-through vaccination centre in Sungai Petani failing to depress the syringe when administering a jab.

Khairy said this was an isolated incident and that disciplinary action was being taken against the health worker, who he said was exhausted at the time.

He said “human negligence” or misunderstanding involving a small number of cases should not tarnish the hard work and tireless efforts being put in by the nation’s healthcare workers to implement the vaccination programme. - FMT