Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim is questioning whether political differences between the federal and the Penang governments are the reason why the state's application for the Covid-19 vaccine has not received a response after three months.

He was commenting after Sarawak received government approval to procure up to a million Sinovac vaccines.

“The Coordinating Minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick), Khairy Jamaluddin, had said last month that state governments intending to purchase their own supply of Covid-19 vaccine...