Any group wanting early Covid vaccination can apply to task force
PUTRAJAYA: Any group, including media practitioners, wanting to be among the early recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine can submit their applications to the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. So far, he said the Ministry of Health (MOH) had yet to receive any line listing from the media, […]
WHO says no to vaccine passports for now
KUALA LUMPUR: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has come out against vaccine passports, for now, saying they may exacerbate unequal access to vaccines in many countries. Speaking at a virtual press conference in conjunction with World Health Day, Regional Emergency director for the WHO Western Pacific Region (WPR), Dr Babatunde Olowokure said although they understood […]
GPS Backbenchers say state’s vaccines to complement federal govt supplies
KUCHING: The Sarawak government did not say it did not need the federal government with regard to Covid-19 vaccines, the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Backbenchers have clarified. They pointed out that what the state government said was that it would buy its own vaccines to complement federal government supplies. “It is a widely known fact […]
Private hospitals will be allowed to initiate discussions for Covid-19 vaccine purchase
PUTRAJAYA: Private hospitals will be given permission to negotiate with suppliers to purchase Covid-19 vaccines, National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today. But being personally involved in discussions with vaccine providers, he said vaccine delivery to private markets will most likely be made in the third and fourth quarter of this year, […]
Malaysia lifts ‘one dose, one dose reserve’ policy to expedite vaccination process
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will no longer adopt the previous ‘one dose, one dose reserve’ policy to speed up the vaccination process under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said existing vaccine doses would be fully used as the government was satisfied with the delivery schedule of the […]
413,255 individuals vaccinated against Covid-19 as at March 20
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 413,255 individuals have received their Covid-19 vaccine as at yesterday (March 20) under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, via an infographic shared on his official Twitter account today, explained that out of the total, 402,650 individuals received the first dose of the vaccine […]
Authority grants conditional approval to Covid-19 vaccines
PUTRAJAYA: The Drug Control Authority (DCA), in a meeting today, granted conditional approval to three Covid-19 vaccines for use to curb the spread of the Covid-19 infection in the country said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham said the approval was given to AstraZeneca Solution for Injection; CoronaVac Suspension for […]
Vaccines only mid-February
BINTULU: The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Malaysia in the middle of February, marking a crucial step to vaccinate the population against the pandemic. This was revealed by Deputy Minister of Health Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang today (Jan 30) after witnessing a ‘Dry Run’ of the vaccine delivery […]
