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Covid-19 vaccine
February 26, 2022

708,187 children in Malaysia receive Covid-19 vaccine

KUCHING: A total of 708,187 children aged five to 11 in Malaysia have received their first dose of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday. According to the CovidNow website, the number represents 19.9 per cent of the country’s total population for the age group of five to11. For... Read More
Nation
February 7, 2022

Offer people choice of vaccine types: Tiong

KUCHING: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has been urged to offer the people the freedom to choose the COVID-19 vaccine of their choice. Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing argued that given the number of new positive cases reaching more than 10,000 in the country, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin should not... Read More
Prime, Sarawak News
October 29, 2021

More than 50,000 received booster shots

KUCHING: A total of 55,077 Sarawakians have received the Covid-19 booster shots as of Oct 28.Deputy health director Dr Rosemawati Ariffin said this in a statement issued yesterday (Oct 29). She said that the administration of the booster shots have been conducted at private clinics and hospitals, government health clinics, vaccination centres (PPVs) as well... Read More
Sarawak News
September 21, 2021

Booster shots? Conduct antibody test first

KUCHING: A virologist has cautioned the government against across-the-board Covid-19 booster shots for everyone or mandatory third vaccine shots for high risk individuals. Associate Professor in Virology of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Unimas, Dr Tan Cheng Siang, said the best way to determine if an individual required a third shot is through... Read More
Sarawak News, Top Story
September 21, 2021

Booster shot aimed at keeping protection level up

KUCHING: A third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine does not imply that immunisation has been unsuccessful, says Dr Helmy Hazmi. The Associate Professor attached to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak stated that generally waning immunity affected both the mRNA and inactivated vaccines used in Sarawak’s vaccination programmes. “When we... Read More
Prime, Sarawak News
September 9, 2021

380 students get vaccine jabs in Mukah

MUKAH: Some 380 students received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the Dewan Suarah Mesra immunisation centre (PPV) here on Thursday (Sept 9) as the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP) for those aged 18 years and below kicked off. Of the total, 350 were from SMK Mukah while the rest were from Mara Junior... Read More
Sarawak News
August 20, 2021

Third dose jab up immune response

KUALA LUMPUR: A third dose of Covid-19 vaccine , given at an interval of six months after the second dose, can lead to a strong boost in immune response, with an increase of three to five folds in neutralising antibody titers. Pharmaniaga Berhad vaccine specialist Dr Ajit Pal Singh Raina said the results from a... Read More
Nation
August 5, 2021

Almost 23 million vaccine administered as of yesterday

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 22,646,581 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered through the National Covid -19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) as of yesterday (Aug 4). Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba through an infographic shared on his Twitter, said 14,941,585 were the first dose while 7,704,996, the second dose. In terms of percentage, he... Read More
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