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Rosmah said the recording was a private conversation between her and her husband.

Rosmah added that action should also have been taken on Rizal and Saidi over their roles and offences, but the prosecution preferred to call them as witnesses instead of prosecuting them.

"Normally we do not allow that. I think it is in your (client's) interest not to do that. The media is here so it could be taken out of context," Kamaludin said.

Sarawak still led the country with the most daily infections at 1,503 despite 89.6% of its adult population having been fully vaccinated.

Cumulatively, the latest Covid-19-linked deaths raised the nation’s tally to 26,876.

Rosmah, in her testimony of her defence in the graft trial, said Rayyan who was the 16th prosecution witness also agreed that Rizal liked name dropping.

Under the agreement with the donor nations, the vaccine doses are meant to be given free to the public. 

They now have to adhere to only two of 10 new criteria under the revamped programme, which was revealed by the Ministry of Home Affairs last August. The two new conditions are the increase in annual fee to RM500, from RM90 previously, and the requirement to stay in the country for a minimum of 90 days each year, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

As of Oct 2, 87.2% of adult population in Malaysia has been fully vaccinated while 94.3% of adult population has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. 

Khairy also explained that the surge in new Covid-19 cases in Sarawak may be due to the early opening of certain sectors.