Celebrity Eina Azman and her husband who both have comorbidities and are considered as high risk, were scheduled to receive their vaccination under Phase 2 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), says Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) in Ipoh.

In a statement today, its director Dr Abdul Malek Osman dismissed allegation that the couple had jumped queue when they went to the hospital to get their Covid-19 immunisation on May 25.

"Based on our checks, the eligibility of the couple to receive vaccination was based on a referral by a specialist, who had treated...