Khairy Jamaluddin, the minister tasked with the country's largest immunisation exercise in history, today emphasised the importance of the programme to Malaysia's economic revival and refuted various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccines.

He stressed that the Covid-19 vaccines procured by Malaysia are safe and effective, pointing out that millions of people in other countries have started receiving them.

"There is no evidence that these vaccines are detrimental to our life or health.

"The vaccines will not alter the recipients' DNA. The vaccines do not contain microchips that will control our minds. The vaccines are not an agenda...