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 […]

Unmasking the unknown

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There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors. — Jim Morrison, American singer and songwriter The germ warfare that is visiting us has made us wonder whether medical experts have discovered an effective vaccine that could either prevent the onslaught or cure the clinically evident effects caused by […]

Prepare to secure enough vaccine, says philanthropist

KUCHING: A local philanthropist has suggested that Malaysia follow the footsteps of major nations in making necessary arrangements with various major drug manufacturers to secure enough vaccine to protect its people against Covid-19. “Do we have to be at the end of the global queue for the vaccine to fight the deadly pathogen? The national […]

Vaccine development research centre mulled

KUALA NERUS: The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) is seriously discussing the importance of setting up a vaccine development research centre, to enable the country to manufacture its own vaccines. Deputy Minister Ahmad Amzad Hashim said the setting up of the centre was seen as crucial to deal with the spread of Covid-19 or any other infection or […]