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KUALA LUMPUR: Recommendations by health experts on whether booster doses are needed, along with the mixing of vaccines, will be given next week, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said they were still waiting for recommendations by a group of health experts led by Institute for Clinical Research director Dr Kalaiarasu Peariasamy. “The recommendations will not just cover whether we need a booster dose but will also look into whether we should do heterologou...

In line for inoculation: Volunteers checking vaccination appointment details of foreign workers at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star PETALING JAYA: The government must give its assurance that undocumented migrant workers and refugees going for their Covid-19 vaccinations will not be detained by the authorities, several groups have said. Migrants rights groups and the Indonesian Embassy sought a guarantee from the authorities that undocumented migrants would not be ar...

PETALING JAYA: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong lauded fellow Cabinet member Khairy Jamaluddin for his stellar presentation at the Dewan Rakyat special sitting. Khairy, who is Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, gave a presentation about the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) as its coordinating minister yesterday. “KJ answered calmly every question raised by Opposition MPs. I can hear some who said ‘agree with the government’ and there were not many dist...

PETALING JAYA: The goal of vaccinating 80% of the population is well ahead of schedule following a record 1.07 million doses administered over two days this week, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. “The daily vaccination rate reached its highest on Tuesday when a total of 553,871 doses were successfully administered nationwide where 356,112 individuals received their first dose and 197,759 their second dose. This followed the 521,923 jabs given on Monday, he s...

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Wednesday, 28 Jul 2021 07:38 AM MYT A foreign worker receives his Covid-19 jab at the KLCC vaccination centre July 27, 2021. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — The special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat enters its third day today with a briefing session on the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), which is being implemented by the government. According to the Order Paper on the Parl...

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has proposed that the government set a ceiling price for the sale of the Sinovac vaccine by Pharmaniaga Bhd to private entities, as well as maximum charges by private healthcare facilities to vaccine recipients. PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh said the ceiling price was necessary to ensure the cost of vaccination was set at a reasonable rate in order to not burden the people. “The PAC acknowledges that the government will be allowing the sale of Covid-19 vaccines...

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...

PETALING JAYA: Some 1.2 million individuals aged below 18 in Malaysia have registered to get vaccinated, said Khairy Jamaluddin. The Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said this was out of the 20.13 million people who have registered to get vaccinated as of July 26. “There is a total of 20,134,971 people who have registered for their vaccination, or the equivalent of 61.7% of the entire Malaysian population of 32.7 million people,” said the the coordinating minister of the National...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat enters its third day Wednesday (July 28) with a briefing session on the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), which is being implemented by the government. According to the Order Paper on the Parliament portal, the matter will be clarified by the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister and NIP coordinating minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, followed by a session of members of Parliament (MPs) to seek further...