Action may be taken for failure to attend vaccination appointment - Health DG

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Those who fail to attend their appointment to take the Covid-19 vaccination without reasonable grounds can be prosecuted, said Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.He said this was to avoid wastage as the diluted Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could not be stored for use on other days due to its shelf life of not more than six hours."Even on the day of surgery, 15 percent of cases are not present for the surgery. Absence, including for the scheduled vaccination is a waste of resources and manpower because we have done all preparations."Action can be taken if (the person is) not present. As in other countries, those who cut the queue for vaccines (also) can be fined. For now, we have not thought about what kind of action (we will take)... but something can be done," he said.He said this during a virtual media involvement session today, which…