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Minister Khairy Jamaluddin told Parliament that the country is undertaking one of the fastest vaccination programmes in the world.
Many were seen pleading with officials for a jab.
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Minister Khairy Jamaluddin told Parliament that the country is undertaking one of the fastest vaccination programmes in the world.
About 187,000 seniors have yet to receive their first dose.
Several private healthcare groups are taking steps to secure doses of the jab.
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The number of cases is getting so high that undertakers are facing a shortage of coffins.
The elderly will be able to get their jabs at vaccination centres on the same day they receive tickets.
Questions over the vaccine distribution policy are now clouding public sentiment.
Opposition MPs have called for an immediate explanation in Parliament on Tuesday.
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