PUTRAJAYA: Pfizer-BioNTech’s Cominarty vaccine has been approved by the Health Ministry for

have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 Cominarty vaccine as of Thursday( Sept 30), while

KUCHING: Sarawak has started administering third doses and booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine to high-risk groups and frontliners. Deputy state health director Dr Rosemawati Ariffin said the additional shots would be given to some 11, 900 immunocompromised individuals, 80, 300 people above 60 and 30, 340 medical frontliners.“ The third dose and booster shots will be administered at selected public health clinics, private hospitals and private clinics.“ Eligible recipients can contact the clin

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia received 200, 000 doses of CanSino vaccines on Friday( August 20) – the first shipment of 3.5 million doses ordered from China's CanSino Biologics. The vaccine shipment arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 7. 50am in a MASKargo flight from Beijing. Present to witness the arrival of the vaccines were Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir and Health Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Shafiq Abdullah. CanSin

KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department will start giving third doses and booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine to eligible recipients in the state from Wednesday( Oct 13). Deputy state Health director Dr Rosemawati Ariffin said priority for the third dose was for those with weaker immune systems, estimated at 11, 900 individuals. Booster shots will also be given to 80, 300 senior citizens above 60 years of age as well as 30, 340 frontliners in the state." The third dose and booster shots will be

KUALA LUMPUR: The first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children( PICKids) will not be offered after May 15, says Deputy Health Minister I Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.He said the deadline was set by the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force for Children( CITF-C) due to the low take-up of the vaccine, which could lead to high vaccine wastage.“ In order to avoid wastage of children’s Covid-19 Comirnaty vaccine that is not used within six months after b

PETALING JAYA: Covid-19 cases in the country could have shot up to 30, 000 per day by the end of March had the government not taken steps to slow down the spread of the Omicron variant, including suspending the umrah trip, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The Health Minister said a susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered( SEIR) epidemiological prediction model projects that Malaysia could record 30, 000 Covid-19 cases daily by the end of March should the infectivity rate( R-nought) rise to 1.6.“ The simul

KUALA LUMPUR: The wait-and-see stance taken by many parents on the vaccination of children aged between five and 11 will undermine the government’s goal of ensuring that 80% of children in that age group receive the first dose within a year and 60% complete both doses within six months. Feedback from parents on the Health Ministry’s( MOH) official Facebook account shows that many parents are still reluctant to register their young children for the Covid-19 vaccine over fears of its purported sid