More vaccine doses arrive for PICKids
KUCHING: More batches of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Kuching International Airport (KIA) yesterday evening. Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said some 54,000 doses of the vaccine would be for the children aged five to 11 under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids). “Thanks to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin […]
Over 19k new vaccine doses arrive
SIBU: Sibu today received a total of 19,040 new doses of vaccines, said Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee. With the arrival of the vaccines, he said it will enable more Sibu residents to be vaccinated in an effort to reach the target of 70 percent or 232,528 residents being inoculated […]
Over 20k doses of Sinovac vaccine arrive in Miri
KUCHING: A special flight from Kuala Lumpur carrying the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine arrived at Miri Airport at 11.15 am yesterday. The minister in-charge of the Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), Datuk Lee Kim Shin, said the shipment consisted of 21,930 doses. “There will be more delivered every week as expected after this,” he explained. […]
Penang scraps plan to buy vaccine
GEORGE TOWN: Penang has abandoned plans to procure its own Covid-19 vaccines as supply is no longer an issue, with the state government aiming to ramp up the daily vaccination rate to between 25,000 and 30,000 by July. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the federal government had made it clear that supply is not […]
Federal government to supply 4.4 mln doses
KUCHING: The federal government will be supplying 4.4 million doses of vaccine to the state government by the end of August this year. National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin had promised this matter with the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He added that a total of […]
Sarawak gets green light to purchase own vaccines
KUCHING: The federal government has approved the Sarawak government’s request to purchase its own Covid-19 vaccines for use of the people of the state, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah, who is also Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman said the approval was given during his meeting with Coordinating Minister for […]
Phase three of vaccination programme to begin in May
KUCHING: The Sarawak government is anticipating phase three of the state Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to begin in May and it is subjected to the vaccine supply. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that for the vaccination roll-out plan, Sarawak was on track and so far, about 279 venues throughout the state had […]
Sarawak gets assurance on vaccine supplies
KUCHING: Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has assured that his ministry would supply Sarawak with the required vaccine supplies to complete its vaccination programme by end of August. He gave the assurance during a visit by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) […]
Decision on AstraZeneca vaccine in two weeks
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will decide on whether Malaysia can continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine or not at the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) meeting in two weeks time. Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said during the meeting, the government would scrutinise any additional information […]
PH Sarawak worried about low Covid-19 vaccination registration
KUCHING: Pakatan Harapan (PH) has expressed concern about the low vaccine acceptance and registration level as well as the increasing new Covid-19 infection cases in Sarawak. PH Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen said that as of April 1, only 48,078 persons in Sarawak had received their first dose of vaccine, out of which 25,287 had received their […]
