No way to forge Covid-19 AEFI data, says deputy health DG

The Health Ministry (MOH) today refuted allegations that data about Covid-19 immunisation side effects were manipulated to cover up the real situation from the public.

Health deputy director-general Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim said that such a thing would not be possible as every adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) case goes through hospitals and their data is captured in official reports.

"How are we going to hide this information? The cases already came into hospitals, captured in hospital data and then they get reported to MOH.

"There is no such thing as...