KJ gets a new portfolio: Immunisation minister

Published: Feb 4, 2021 9:06 AM | Updated: Feb 4, 2021 11:07 AM

Putrajaya has created a new ministerial portfolio - national covid-19 immunisation programme coordinator - and this will be helmed by Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin.

Khairy already holds the science, technology and innovation portfolio.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, in a televised address today, said Khairy will lead a special team dealing with logistics and coordination among states and government agencies.

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