Public confidence in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) has been boosted after the government removed the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and made it an opt-in choice for the public instead, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said, referring to data on the matter.<br /><br />He said that the voluntary programme was created due to "vaccine hesitancy" over the British-manufactured vaccine.
