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Published on: Saturday, July 24, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: PUTRAJAYA: Any Covid-19 self-test kit result, whether positive, negative or invalid, must be reported to the Ministry of Health (MOH) through the MySejahtera application. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (pic) said it is the consumers’ responsibility to report on the actual result, not give a false one, to avoid adverse consequences to infection prevention. He said if the self-test kit result is positive, the user must go t...

Dewan Rakyat convenes in special meeting on July 26 July 24, 2021 KUALA LUMPUR – For the first time in 2021, the Dewan Rakyat convenes on Monday July 26 in a special meeting called during on ongoing emergency declared to curb the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen almost one million cases in the country. The Dewan Rakyat will sit for five days, from July 26 to 29 and on Aug 2. The House will see members of parliament hear government statements on the emergency and measures to fight the pandemic ...

Copy URL A total of 462,242 vaccine doses were administered yesterday under the national immunisation drive. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 24, 2021. MALAYSIA administered 462,242 doses of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme yesterday, Health Minister Dr Adham Baba said today. “A total of 301,536 individuals were given their first dose, while the remaining 160,706 completed their second dose yesterday,” he tweeted. Effective July 2018, access to full report...

24 Jul 2021 / 11:12 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 16,487,158 doses have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) launched on Feb 24, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. In a Twitter post, he said that as at 11.59 pm last night, 5,264,760 individuals or 16.1 per cent of the country’s population have received the full two doses of Covid-19 vaccine. “A total of 34.4 per cent or 11,222,398 individuals have received their first jab,” he sa...

Published on: Friday, July 23, 2021 By: Anthea Peter Text Size: Kota Kinabalu: Nearly 75 per cent of the one million vaccine doses allocated to Sabah for the month of July has been delivered to the State.  Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun (pic) said Sabah received 152,100 doses Wednesday afternoon and will receive another 30,000 doses today (Friday).  “The second bulk delivery of 308,880 doses is scheduled to arrive on July 28. As of July 21, the total number of vac...

Health DG to address Parliamentary Select Committee today Published Modified22 Jul 2021, 10:44 pm A - The first Parliamentary Select Committee meeting since the start of the emergency kicks off today with a meeting by the Health, Science and Innovation Committee. This committee is slated to convene for one day to hear from Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah and senior officers from the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti), which oversees the National Covid-1...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Sinovac Biotech Ltd, the developer of CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine, has defended the efficacy of its two-dose vaccine including against the Delta variant. Company spokesperson Liu Peicheng said although no data is available on its protective effect yet, studies have proven the vaccine’s efficacy in countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, Chile and Turkey where the vaccine has been widely used. "It was more than 90 per cent effective against severe infection and hospitalisat...

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PUTRAJAYA: Children over the age of 12 who have registered for vaccination have not been given appointments for their inoculation. According to the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), it said the MySejahtera app has accepted registration for adolescents but it is for future use when a decision has been made. “For now, the priority of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme is to complete vaccination for Phase 2 and to improve the implementation of Phase 3 nationwide. “This include...

Friday, 23 Jul 2021 12:27 PM MYT Vials of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine are seen during a vaccination drive in Bagan Jermal July 5, 2021. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Sinovac Biotech Ltd, the developer of CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine, has defended the efficacy of its two-dose vaccine including against the Delta variant. Company spokesperson Liu Peicheng said although no data is availabl...