GOPENG – The Health Ministry (MoH) has detected the sale of vaccination certificates in the form of physical cards on an online platform in the northern part of the country.
Its deputy minister, Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali, said the MoH Inspectorate and Legal Unit will take action against the party involved, adding that a police report has been lodged over the matter.
“We do not allow the sale of vaccination certificates because there will be individuals who claim they have already received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
“The ministry has never made any procurement to issue vaccination cards. If they want to dine in at eateries or cross districts, they need to show the digital certificate on the MySejahtera application or the vaccination card issued by the MoH,” he told reporters after visiting a vaccination centre at the Welfare Department Complex here today.
Yesterday, Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Department head Dr Mohd Rushdan Noor had in a Facebook post revealed that physical Covid-19 vaccination certificates were being sold online at RM15 each.
In another development, Dr Noor Azmi said individuals returning to Malaysia from overseas are required to register in the MySejahtera app to enable them to update their health status.
“At the airport, MoH staff will record all information about their health to be uploaded into the MySejahtera app,” he said.
Previously, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had said Malaysian travellers and non-citizens with homes in Malaysia (including permanent residents and MM2H participants) who are fully vaccinated are allowed to undergo compulsory home quarantine on their return to the country and will be given a digital home surveillance order (HSO). – Bernama, August 11, 2021
