Face Shield Racket At Vaccination Centre Settled Netizens Demand Accountability

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The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) today assured that there will be no more forced selling of "face shields" to enter the Bangi Avenue Convention Centre (BACC) which is used as a vaccination centre in Selangor.
The matter was raised by Twitter user @JasonT9380, who alleged that the face shields were being sold at RM10 apiece.
The CITF said the matter had been "settled" last night but did not elaborate.

This then led to a flurry of angry tweets demanding that someone is held accountable and that those who were forced to buy the face shields be refunded.

Several Twitter users demanded that the CITF elaborate on what they meant by "settled".
Others said the episode at BACC and the CITF's lack of clarity only erode public confidence in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP).


Meanwhile, the head of the BACC vaccination centre, Dr Mahani Pardan, reportedly admitted that vendors had been given permission to sell the face shields, but denied vaccine recipients are being forced to buy them.
“Initially, we did this as a precaution not just for the workers, but also visitors coming to get vaccinated. So, what we can do is to take in outside vendors to sell face shields.
“We don’t deny there had been the sale of face shields from RM3 to RM10 for those that are reusable,” he was quoted as saying by Harian Metro.
“We also don’t get any of the revenue from the sale of the face shields,” he added.
The CITF is currently grappling with a perception crisis after several video clips surfaced online claiming that vaccinators were issuing "empty" shots.

There are also claims that the vaccination appointment system was open to abuse, leading to the sale of vaccines and vaccination appointments. - Mkini

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