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Tech expertise: Muhyiddin viewing the bottling process of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine during his visit to Pharmaniaga LifeScience Sdn Bhd in Taman Perindustrian Puchong Utama. — Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says 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...

These include Sinovac and Sinopharm, the latest Covid-19 vaccines to be included. The EUL currently has seven Covid-19 vaccines approved for emergency use, with Pfizer-BioNTech being the first to be accepted in December 2020, followed by AstraZeneca and Covishield in February this year, Johnson & Johnson in March and Moderna in April. In May, the WHO added Sinopharm to the EUL listing – the first Chinese-made vaccine to be included – followed by Sinovac in June. “The EUL is a procedure fo...

On Thursday, Malaysia hit an all-time high of 13,215 Covid-19 positive cases in a day. The bad news was alarming. But there was also good news on that day. Our vaccination rate hit a new high with 460,158 doses administered. As of the latest information yesterday, a total number of doses administered in Malaysia is 13,621,884 – 9,317,144 individuals received their first dose, while 4,304,740 have been fully inoculated. At least 28.5% of the population received the first dose and 13.2% got dou...

Taking it in his stride: Being confined in the Klang Valley by the Covid-19 pandemic has been challenging but it has not stopped McFeeters from fostering meaningful engagements on the ground. SINCE being posted earlier this year as US Ambassador to Malaysia, Brian McFeeters has been confined mainly to the capital city and Selangor with the various movement control orders in place. This is his second tour of duty here, having travelled across most of the country as political counsellor at the US...

18 Jul 2021 / 10:53 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: The number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) has breached the 14 million mark, with 14,002,324 doses given out as of yesterday, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (pix). In a Twitter post today, he said 9,570,974 individuals had received their first dose and 4,431,350 people had completed their second dose since the launch of PICK on Feb 24. Yesterday, 380,440 doses were administered...

By: Anthea Peter Text Size: Kota Kinabalu: The State Government has tightened the existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Hari Raya Aidiladha celebration on July 20, in efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Sabah.  Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun (pic) said the number of congregants allowed at mosques and suraus for congregational prayers has been reduced from 50 people to a maximum of 30 or one-third occupancy of the building’s space.  “House visit...

PETALING JAYA: It will be a special korban (sacrifice) this coming Hari Raya Aidiladha as all vaccine dispensing centres (PPV) in the Klang Valley will remain open to administer jabs to the public. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said all public and private PPV would operate during the public holiday on Tuesday. “This is to support our target of vaccinating all residents in the Klang Valley with at least one dose of the vaccine by Aug 1. “All public and private PPV will not close o...

 channel for the latest stories and updates. A father of three, N. Fernandez, was told by his youngest daughter that she received her appointment on the day itself. “My youngest daughter didn’t get a vaccination date earlier. “She woke up one morning only to find on her MySejahtera that she’s got an appointment for her first dose at 10 am the same day. “And in Cheras,” said Fernandez, who lives in Selayang.  He told his daughter to rush there anyway, praying they will let her in. ...

PUCHONG (Bernama): The government expects all senior citizens in the Klang Valley to be vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine in the next few weeks. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) said it was in line with the decision that this group be allowed to come and get their vaccine shots on a walk in basis at all Vaccination Centres (PPV) and government health facilities in the Klang Valley from today. "All PPVs and clinics and health facilities under the Health Ministry ...

PUTRAJAYA: The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) has embarked on an ambitious plan to vaccinate every adult in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor by Aug 1. Codenamed “Operation Surge Capacity”, the mission will see over 6.1 million residents aged 18 and above in the two states having received at least one vaccine dose by that date. National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin said for the operation to succeed, the government will have to increase its vaccina...