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title: "“Slower than Bangladesh!” Kepong MP slams PN gov’t for slow vaccine arrival"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/slower-than-bangladesh-kepong-mp-slams-pn-govt-for-slow-vaccine-arrival/
date: 2021-02-08
modified: 2021-07-04
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author: "Yu Ang Tan"
description: "KUALA LUMPUR - Today (Feb 8), Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng issued a statement questioning the PN government for the slow arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Malaysia. “Whereas Bangladesh, which..."
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# “Slower than Bangladesh!” Kepong MP slams PN gov’t for slow vaccine arrival

KUALA LUMPUR - Today (Feb 8), Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng issued a statement questioning the PN government for the slow arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Malaysia.

> **“Whereas Bangladesh, which purchased 30 million doses of the Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India, has already received the first delivery of 5 million doses."**

Lim said that more than two million additional doses of the Covishield vaccine were already delivered to Bangladesh as a gift from India whereas Malaysia was still struggling over the logistics, which require ultra-cold storage.

> **"Before Malaysia purchased the Pfizer vaccine, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Indonesia and Malaysia and agreed to provide vaccines at a price of less than USD20 (RM81) per dose. Indonesia has already received it but there's no news for Malaysia yet."**

He also questioned the PN government's appointment of Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin as the COVID-19 immunization programme coordinator, stating that most countries would let their health ministry be in charge.

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In his written statement, Lim urged the PN government to explain why Malaysia has not received the vaccine while others have started their vaccination programme.

He also said that this was a common question raised by the public and while it is impossible to resume parliamentary sessions with *darurat *in place, the government must nevertheless explain through the media and be held accountable.

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**Sources: **[Sin Chew Daily](https://www.sinchew.com.my/content/content_2425083.html), [FB/Lim Lip Eng](https://www.facebook.com/limlipengOfficialPage/)
**Editor**: Raymond Chen
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