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Flu shot makers see record US production

WASHINGTON: Global influenza vaccine makers have produced a record number of doses for the coming flu season, as authorities try to ease the burden on hospitals ahead of an expected Covid-19 resurgence. In the US, pharmaceutical companies plan to make around 196 million doses to serve the population of 330 million, according to the Centres […]

US developing coronavirus strain for human ‘challenge’ trials

WASHINGTON: US scientists are developing a strain of the coronavirus that could be used to deliberately infect volunteers in so-called “challenge studies,” a government agency said Friday. The work is preliminary and the government is continuing to prioritize randomised clinical trials of vaccine candidates, the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said. Several […]

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 […]

US will have coronavirus vaccine by year end

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) will have a coronavirus vaccine before the new year, President Donald Trump said Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency. “We are very confident that we are going to have a vaccine at the end of the year, by the end of the year,” Trump said. “We think we are going to have […]

2.5 Million Doses Of Polio Vaccine received from WHO

KUALA LUMPUR:  Health Ministry has received 2.5 million doses of the monovalent oral polio vaccine type 2 from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as additional vaccine to curb the spread of polio in Sabah. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the vaccine supply supplied by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) would be […]

Vaccine for children aged five and under

 TUARAN: Children aged five and under in Sabah will be given oral polio vaccine in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus which was discovered in the state recently, said state Health and People’s Well-being Minister Datuk Frankie Poon Ming Fung. He said the polio vaccination drive would be carried out in stages […]

Create awareness among anti-vaccine groups

MELAKA: Groups who reject vaccine especially parents who refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated should realise their mistake with the return of polio recently as the disease is preventable by vaccination. Paediatric consultant and immunologist Datuk Dr Musa Mohd Nordin said this is because polio is a very dangerous disease with one in […]