The Ministry of Health (MOH) has clarified why two written replies in Parliament about Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity show significantly different data for the same period.

The MOH's Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre's Head of Data Dr Mahesh Appannan said figures for Malay, Chinese and Indian deaths differed widely between the replies because of verification processes.

Initially, a written reply to Ong Kian Ming (DAP-Bangi) noted that from Jan 1 to Oct 3 this year, 8,886 Covid-19 deaths among Malaysians...