GEORGE TOWN, March 3 -- Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said city council enforcement officers working in public spaces will be eligible to be vaccinated under phase one of the national Covid-19 immunisation programme.

He said he raised this at the National Security Council meeting today and it was unanimously agreed by the committee.

"The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) will be issuing the guidelines as soon as possibly on this matter," he said in a statement issued today.

He said Penang is committed in continuing its monitoring of Covid-19 cases involving the manufacturing sector in the state.

"The state health department informed us that out of the 14 active clusters in Penang, there are now eight cluster...