Near chaos at Miri jab centre
MIRI: Chaos almost ensued Monday morning at the Covid-19 vaccination centre (PPV) at the Dato Lee Teck Fook Stadium of Riam Road Secondary School due to miscommunication between the personnel manning the centre and the public. Around 7.30am, recipients of the first and second dose of the Covid-19 vaccines began arriving at the stadium. They […]
WHO should ask all countries to recognise WHO-listed vaccines
KUALA LUMPUR: The World Health Organisation (WHO) should ask all countries to recognise all types of Covid-19 vaccines that are listed by WHO, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said the guidance from WHO should serve as a reference for all countries as every brand of vaccine recommended by the world […]
Herd immunity target on schedule
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is confident that Malaysia’s target to achieve herd immunity as projected by the National Recovery Plan can be completed as scheduled following the increase in the supply of Covid-19 vaccines by the country’s major suppliers. He said towards this, the government would work harder to ensure that […]
Pregnant mother shares no side effects after getting vaccine
LENGGONG: An expectant mother, who is also the three millionth Malaysian to receive the vaccine, Nur Amalina Baharuddin, shared that she experienced no side effects from the PfizerBioNTech vaccine shot which she had received at the Gerik Multipurpose Hall Vaccination Centre (PPV), Hulu Perak, last Saturday evening. So far, the 27-year-old said she only felt […]
Simunjan district gets 3,000 doses of vaccine
KUCHING: Simunjan district has received 3,000 doses of vaccine targeting 600 recipients a day at Dewan Mesra Simunjan, and another 250 daily at RTC Munggu Lalang Gedong. Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said local frontliners, the elderly, and others at high risk would receive their dose from June 14 to […]
Momentary congestion at Permyjaya PPV
MIRI: There were long queues for those waiting for their turns to get immunised with the vaccine at Dato Permaisuri multipurpose hall jab centre (PPV)at Permyjaya here on Sunday (June 13). As such this resulted in the congested situation at the centre. Upon receiving public complaint, state Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin went to […]
IKBM Miri to start vaccination drive
MIRI: The National Youth Skills Institute Miri (IKBN) vaccination centre (PPV) for the AstraZeneca vaccines will begins its vaccination drive this coming June 7. This was confirmed by minister in charge of Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Sunday (May 30) after visiting the PPV. IKBM Miri was amongst the […]
Only Pfizer BioNTech vaccine suitable for pregnant women
PUTRAJAYA: Only the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is suitable to be given to women who are in their 14th to 33rd week of pregnancy, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin. He told a press conference on the development of the National Covid-19 National Immunisation Program, which was held virtually with Health Minister […]
290,480 vials of Sinovac bottled by Pharmaniaga for use from today
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 290,480 vials of the Covid-19 Sinovac vaccine bottled by Pharmaniaga Bhd (Pharmaniaga) will be used at vaccination centres (PPV) nationwide starting today, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said. It is the first batch handed over by the company to the Health Ministry (MOH), he said. “We are now in […]
Mosti to discuss with task force on AstraZeneca vaccine registration issue
KUALA LUMPUR: The reason why those who have registered for the AstraZeneca vaccine did not receive notice of appointments is because their identity card did not match the one registered via the MySejahtera application. Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) would discuss the […]
