A former lawmaker has proposed the government negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to trade Malaysia’s huge stock of expired Covid-19 vaccines with the latest vaccines at a lower procurement price.

Dr Boo Cheng Hau pointed out it would be unethical to use the nearly 2.8 million expired doses which could be potentially harmful to the recipients, as well as ultimately being ineffective against new Covid-19 variants.

“In the midst of Acturus and other variants...