National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin denied that the RM70 million set aside for the programme’s data integration and appointment system is excessive.

He reiterated that the sum is merely the maximum spending approved by the Finance Ministry and is not the final cost.

In addition, he said the vaccination programme is the largest ever conducted in the country and would involve 26.5 million vaccine recipients, which is 80 percent of Malaysia’s population.

“Pick will be conducted all year long and certainly needs sufficient allocation to...