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MOH: Only 50 pct of M’sians receive first booster dose

Just half of Malaysia’s population, amounting to 16,335,353 individuals, have received the first booster dose, while a mere 2.5 percent, totaling 823,317 people, have received the second booster dose. The ministry disclosed this in a statement, stressing the importance of taking booster doses to mitigate the risk of hospitalisation and the severity of COVID-19 symptoms. […]

Over 9,000 people in Lawas District yet to get booster shots

LAWAS: More than 9,000 people in Lawas District have yet to receive their Covid-19 booster shots. Federal Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Henry Sum Agong said although the country was still facing the threat of the coronavirus, the situation was under control. “The government continues to encourage those eligible but have yet to be vaccinated to […]

Omicron only mild for those with boosters

KUCHING: The public have been reminded to continue to be extra careful as the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 is not a mild disease. Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that the word ‘mild’ is only applicable to those that have received three doses of the vaccines. “These refer to two […]

Booster shots needed against mutated Omicron

KUCHING: Those who have yet to get their COVID-19 booster shot have been advised to do so quickly as protection against the virus. In making this call, Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said that this is because the BA.2 sub-lineage of the COVID-19 Omicron variant has now replaced the original BA.1 Omicron […]

MP questions performance of Institute of Clinical Research

KUCHING: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has questioned whether there have been convincing and authoritative studies carried out by the country’s Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) since its establishment to advocate for booster jabs. He said ICR, which is under the Health Ministry (MOH) and publicly funded, has huge allocations but has only […]

Sinovac recipients need booster more than others, says expert

KUCHING: Booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine should be made optional except for those who have received the Sinovac vaccine as their first and second doses. In saying this, a medical scientist who wishes to remain anonymous explained that this was because various published studies abroad and unpublished local studies suggest that the antibody production […]

45.1 per cent of Malaysia’s adults given booster dose

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 10,561,588 individuals or 45.1 per cent of the adults in the country have received the COVID-19 booster dose as of today. According to the Health Ministry’s COVIDNOW portal, of the total, 53,210 booster doses were administered today. Meanwhile, a total of 22,915,270 individuals or 97.9 per cent of the adult population […]

Stay vigilant against virus, reminds DCM

KUCHING: People in Sarawak have been told not to let their guard down although Covid-19 numbers are now relatively low in the state. Everyone should instead continue to observe the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in view of the emergence of the Omicron variant worldwide. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas who gave the […]

380,047 Sarawakians yet to be boosted

KUCHING: The COVID-19 cases are low in Sarawak because people are complying with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and have already gotten their booster shots, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He added that the percentage of those who have already been boosted in the state is at 72.2 per cent of […]

No proof Omicron can help build herd immunity: Khairy

KLANG: There has been no proven public health approach that one should be infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant to help build herd immunity, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.  He said such an approach has not even been proven valid.  “It doesn’t matter what sort of variant. Omicron, Delta, Alpha and Beta, don’t go voluntarily looking to get infected as firstly, we […]