Covid-19 vaccine in line with means to prevent diseases, avoid harm
KUALA LUMPUR: The use of the Covid-19 vaccine is in line with Islamic law as a means to prevent diseases as well as to protect others from harm. A research officer in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Fahmi Rusli said the vaccination is necessary for those who have been identified by the government, among […]
Second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to be given within 21 days
PUTRAJAYA: The second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine would be given 21 days after the first one, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. “So we will give 21 days apart, not any later than that. Unless there is a new clinical data,” he told reporters after launching the Malaysia Grand Challenge here […]
Covid-19 vaccine trial approved by MoH
KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department has assured that the study protocol for the Covid-19 vaccine trial at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has been approved by the Health Ministry’s Medical Research and Ethics Committee and will be conducted to world class standard. “In such a trial, the subject would have a 50 percent chance of being […]
Vaccine volunteers anyone?
Volunteers wanted for vaccine clinical trial KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department is seeking 400 healthy volunteers to participate in a Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial to be conducted at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). “This trial is expected to start in early to mid-January (this year) and you are expected to come for a total of […]
Majority of M’sians ‘aye’ to Covid-19 vaccines
KUCHING: A majority of respondents are prepared to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a recent survey by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Sixty-seven percent of the respondents said they would agree to receive the vaccine. Seventeen percent were unsure about the vaccine, and 16 percent said they would reject it. The survey was conducted […]
War against pandemic far from over
KUCHING: Although 2020 has finally ended, the war against the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over. Sarawak Health Department director Dr Chin Zin Hing opined that 2021 will be just as challenging as 2020. He said that the distribution of the vaccine throughout the state would be the biggest challenge for the Sarawak Disaster Management […]
A year of pandemic turmoil, hopes on vaccine
BY SYAMSIAH SAHAT AND MOHD FHARKHAN ABDUL GHAPAR KUALA LUMPUR: The battle against Covid-19 is certainly far from over. It has been a year of uncertainties and as we draw the 2020 final curtain, the coronavirus is still raging around the globe, now with a new strain that has resulted in lockdown measures in several […]
All parties should have uniform view on vaccine
SEPANG: All parties, including celebrity preachers, have been urged to have a similar or uniform view on the permissible use of the Covid-19 vaccine, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri. He said that a decision on the use of the Covid-19 vaccine was made in a […]
Senior citizens, frontliners top priority to receive Covid-19 vaccine
KUCHING: Once the Covid-19 vaccine is available in the state, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will be left to determine the priority order of vaccine recipients. “I leave it to SDMC to decide who will receive the vaccine first because usually, the vulnerable groups will be prioritised,” said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari […]
Sarawak to establish vaccine management task force
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is setting up a task force to ensure 100 percent of Sarawakians will be receiving the upcoming Covid-19 vaccine. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the task force will be entrusted to assist the State Health Department to look into the infrastructure readiness and logistics of […]
