Online vaccination certificate fraud
GOPENG: The Health Ministry has detected the sale of vaccination certificates, in the form of physical cards, on an online platform.
Its deputy minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said its inspectorate and legal unit would take action against the party involved, adding that a police report had been lodged over the matter.
“We do not allow the sale of vaccination certificates because there will be individuals who (fraudulently) claim they have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
“The ministry has never (outsourced the issuance of) vaccination cards. If they want to dine-in at eateries or cross districts, they need to show the digital certificate on the MySejahtera app or the vaccination card issued by the ministry,” he said yesterday.
On Tuesday, Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital obstetrics and gynecology department head Dr Mohd Rushdan Noor revealed in a Facebook post that physical Covid-19 vaccination certificates were being sold online at RM15 each.
In another development, Noor Azmi said individuals who returned to Malaysia from overseas were required to register in the MySejahtera app to enable them to update their health status.
“At the airport, Health Ministry staff will record all information about their health, to be uploaded into the MySejahtera app,” he said.
Previously, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysian travellers and non-citizens with homes in Malaysia (including permanent residents and MY Second Home participants) who are fully vaccinated were allowed to undergo home quarantine upon their return to the country and would be issued a digital Home Surveillance Order. – Bernama