AstraZeneca is safe, to be given to senior citizens
PUTRAJAYA: The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, and it will be administered to senior citizens, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. “I wish to confirm that the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe for use and it is effective. We will give it to those aged 60 and above, the most suitable group,” […]
AstraZeneca and Sunway launch first Health Innovation Hub in Malaysia
KUCHING: Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has partnered with Sunway University via its innovation arm, Sunway Innovation Labs (Sunway iLabs), to establish the first Health Innovation Hub (HIH) in the country. The hub is part of the AstraZeneca A. Catalyst Network, an interconnected global network of more than 20 AstraZeneca health innovation hubs in the world. While […]
Decision on AstraZeneca vaccine in two weeks
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will decide on whether Malaysia can continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine or not at the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) meeting in two weeks time. Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said during the meeting, the government would scrutinise any additional information […]
WHO says no to vaccine passports for now
KUALA LUMPUR: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has come out against vaccine passports, for now, saying they may exacerbate unequal access to vaccines in many countries. Speaking at a virtual press conference in conjunction with World Health Day, Regional Emergency director for the WHO Western Pacific Region (WPR), Dr Babatunde Olowokure said although they understood […]
Malaysia to continue using AstraZeneca
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said. He said this was decided at the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee meeting today. “The use of the AstraZeneca vaccine will continue because clinical data available still points to […]
AstraZeneca vaccine contains no animal driven product
PUTRAJAYA: The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine does not contain any animal driven product or restricted material, said Malaysia’s Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. Dr Adham said AstraZeneca has provided a statement to declare that AZD1222 does not contain an animal driven product and all excipients have vegetable origin. AZD1222 also does not contain any […]
AstraZeneca exports can be banned if bloc not supplied first
FRANKFURT: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen threatened Saturday to halt exports of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines if the bloc did not receive its promised deliveries first, escalating a row that has fanned international tensions. “We have the option of banning a planned export. That’s the message to AstraZeneca: you fulfil your contract with Europe first […]
WHO reviews AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as more countries suspend use
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that it was still conducting its safety review of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine as France, Italy, Spain and Germany have joined the group of countries that have suspended the use of this jab following reports that some recipients developed blood clots and died after being vaccinated, […]
Malaysia inks agreement with AstraZeneca
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has just signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the procurement of an additional 10 percent or 6.4 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced. He said that the government had secured 40 percent guarantee of vaccine supply through joint agreements with Covax, Pfizer […]
