• UPDATED 11.10PM | Added mention of a report where Yong supposedly accused Khairy of getting his company's name wrong.

A day after being dismissed as a scam, the businessperson behind an offer to donate two million Covid-19 vaccine doses is supposedly in touch with National Covid-19 Immunisation Program Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin's office.

Relating the exchange through his official Twitter handle, Khairy said his officer is in contact with a person "claiming to be Yong Chee Kong".

The minister maintained he would be happy to facilitate Yong's offer to donate vaccines, but...