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Published on: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: LABUAN: Labuan Tuesday completed fully vaccinating 80 per cent of its adult population and has become the first among federal territories and states in the country to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19. The federal territory has immunised 54,800 of the 68,500 adults listed as eligible for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick). The Labuan Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) and the Labuan Disaster Management Comm...

Published on: Saturday, July 24, 2021 By: Bernama PUTRAJAYA: National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pic) stressed that there was no connection between the empty vaccine syringe case and the syndicate selling Covid-19 vaccine in the country. “Out of the 16 million doses administered, only 13 police reports have been lodged on the issue of empty vaccine syringe shots by Health Ministry staff at several vaccination centres (PPVs),” he told a p...

23 Jul 2021 / 10:56 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 46.7 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia has received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine while 21.8 per cent have completed both doses, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix). The Prime Minister said the progress of the vaccination process was in line with the target set by the government, but need to be intensified so that the target to fully vaccinate 26 million people in the country could be achieved. He said the National Co...

Published on: Monday, July 19, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: Kuala Lumpur: All adults in Malaysia are expected to be fully vaccinated by October under a new immunisation target set by the Government to stem the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin  (pic). He said the fast-track approach in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) includes boosting the capacity for vaccination rate to 500,000 doses per day, to tackle the emergence of new variants...

Published on: Sunday, July 18, 2021 By: Bernama Credit: dw.com PUTRAJAYA: The decision to stop administering the Sinovac vaccine in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) is because its delivery has been completed and has nothing to do with the vaccine’s efficacy, said PICK Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. According to him, Pharmaniaga Bhd had finished supplying 12 million doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine to the Government for the Pick earlier than the original schedule...

Published on: Sunday, July 18, 2021 By: Bernama Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin  (pic) said data showed that vaccination has succeeded in sharply reducing the number of serious Covid-19 cases in the country. He said this was evident from the figures for admission of senior citizens in categories four and five cases to Hospital Sungai Buloh, which had dropped by more than 50 per cent in the past one month. “Now the positive impact of vaccination is beginning to be seen,�...

Published on: Saturday, July 17, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: PUTRAJAYA: A certain flexibility for individuals who have completed two doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be announced soon, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (pic). “The announcement will be made soon,” he said this, following Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement on Thursday that the Government was considering giving a certain leeway to individuals who have completed two doses of vaccine, including allo...

Daily vaccination hits 400,000 doses for two consecutive days 14 Jul 2021 / 10:58 H. ASYRAF RASID/THESUN KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Covid-19 vaccine administered in the country exceeded 400,000 for two consecutive days with 424,541 doses administered yesterday. On Monday, 421,479 doses were dispensed nationwide. In a Twitter post, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said of the total daily doses given out yesterday, 260,286 were the first dose while 164,255 the second dose. He said S...

Published on: Sunday, July 04, 2021 By: Bernama Credit: Bernama Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will receive more than 12 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines this month, making the next three months critical and challenging for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick), said Khairy Jamaluddin. The Pick Coordinating Minister said with the arrival of such a big amount of vaccines, the capacity for administering vaccines throughout the country would be ramped up accordingly beginning this month. �...

Published on: Sunday, June 27, 2021 By: Mardinah Jikur Credit: gponline.com SANDAKAN: Some 50 teachers of the Sandakan Pusat Asuhan Tunas Islam (Pasti) preschool received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) at various vaccination centres (PPV), here, since Sunday.  Pasti Sandakan Secretary Mustaman Mustain said the centre has always supported the Government’s efforts to curb the pandemic and will actively play their role in doi...