The National Security Council (NSC) has agreed to allow interstate travel for individuals returning to their hometown to bring their dependants or parents to vaccination appointments in the second phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme beginning April 19.

The coordinating minister for the programme, Khairy Jamaluddin, said the matter was decided in the NSC meeting yesterday and those individuals needed only to show their dependants or parents’ appointment slips to the police...