KOTA KINABALU: With only 67% of foreign workers in Sabah tested for Covid-19, employers who fail to screen their foreign manpower will risk being compounded once the deadline ends.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. -filepic
PETALING JAYA: New data must be assessed before the Pfizer vaccine is allowed to be stored at higher temperatures here in Malaysia, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
This comes as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently granted approval for more flexible storage of Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine, allowing it to be stored at normal freezer temperatures.
“The FDA has just given approval for Pfizer vaccines to be stored at higher temperatures which is -20’C, and this will help with our logistics management. (However) the conditional license that Pfizer has received from the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency is based on -80’C storage conditions.
PETALING JAYA: Care home operators want more time to pre-register for the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Association for Residential Aged Care Operators (Agecope) has appealed to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee to allow more time for both licensed and unlicensed care homes to pre-register for the vaccine.
Its president Delren Terrence Douglas also appealed for the committee to provide an on-site vaccine administration plan as well as to allocate at least 30,000 doses for aged care home staff and residents under Phase One of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
“As operators of aged care centres, old folks and nursing homes, we believe that Covid-19 vaccination is one of our most important tools in battling the pandemic, apart from regular testing and effective infection prevention and control measures,” he said in a statement yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: The Association for Residential Aged Care Operators of Malaysia (AgeCOpe) has appealed to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee to allow more time for both licensed and unlicensed care homes to pre-register for the vaccine.
Its president Delren Terrence Douglas also appealed for them to provide an on-site vaccine administration plan as well as to allocate at least 30,000 doses for aged care home staff and residents under phase one of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
“As operators of aged care centres, old folks’ home and nursing homes, we believe Covid-19 vaccination is one of our most important tools in battling the pandemic, apart from regular testing as well as effective infection prevention and control measures, ” he said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 25).
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