KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 -- The reliance on mega vaccination centres (PPV) should be reduced since they are potential sources of new Covid-19 infections, said National DAP Socialist Youth deputy chief Muhammad Shakir Ameer.

He said that although mega PPVs can accelerate the nationwide vaccination programme on a large scale, there remains the risk of one individual contracting Covid-19 and triggering a large cluster as a result.

"Last week the mega PPV at the Ideal Convention Centre in Shah Alam became a cluster dubbed the Jalan Pahat 15 cluster, where a large number of the volunteers and workers were infected with Covid-19," Shakir said in a statement.

He also cited other instances of outbreaks at mega PPVs, such as the one at the Setia C...