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Just a small pinch: Azmin (right) and his deputy Datuk Lim Ban Hong (left) witnessing a worker from the manufacturing sector getting his jab at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam. ­— KK SHAM/The Star SHAH ALAM: It is inaccurate to lay the blame on factories and the manufacturing sector for the high number of Covid-19 cases, says Senior Minister and International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Azmin Ali. He said the number of infections in these sectors was comparative...

(pic). The Prime Minister said the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) is coordinating the Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation Programme (Pikas) as an incentive to companies and industries to use their premises as Vaccination Centres (PPVs) and conduct immunisation programmes for employees. He said the government would be supplying the vaccines, while the company or factory would make the logistical arrangements. "This cooperation is important to boost vaccina...

Sabah healthcare staff roughing it to vaccinate remote villagers 29 Jun 2021 / 14:15 H. Bernama KINABATANGAN: Crossing the treacherous waters of the mighty Sungai Kinabatangan and driving on rickety wooden bridges and pothole-filled dirt roads are something Sabah’s mobile Covid-19 vaccination teams have to contend with when travelling to remote villages here under the state’s outreach programme. Another major hurdle they have to clear is convincing the villagers to come out of their ho...

Decisive action needed to ensure business survival amid current challenges Pix for representational purpose only. PETALING JAYA: The fate of the manufacturing sector and small and medium enterprises (SME) has reached a critical level. Until and unless more streamlined and coherent requirements are put in place, they will likely go out of business, making any effort to revive the economy go to waste, according to industry players. The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) sees a “dis...

Malaysias daily Covid-19 vaccination rate rose to 197,274 doses on June 28 — JKJAV Emir Zainul © Provided by The Edge KUALA LUMPUR (June 29): Malaysia administered 197,274 doses of Covid-19 vaccine yesterday (June 28), up from 168,956 doses a day earlier.  According to the latest tweets by the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), 154,279 individuals received their first dose...

Lim’s company provides its employees with face shields. Factory operators in Johor are taking extra steps to safeguard their workers’ safety, including providing them with face shields. Johor South and Engineering Industries Association chairman Lim Kok Kiong said its 500-odd members had been vigilant even before Phase One of the National Recovery Plan. He said factory and business operators were aware of the large number of workplace clusters and have been doing their part to keep infectio...

TANJONG KARANG: With over 300,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine yet to be dispensed, Selangor has the lowest vaccination administration rate in the country, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The coordinating minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, in urging Selangor to buck up on its vaccination rate, said it was currently the only state with an administration rate of below 80%. Khairy said this amid claims by Selangor public health committee chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud that the stat...

Copy URL A disabled man receiving his Covid-19 vaccination at the Selangor Cheshire Home. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, said recently that the government wants to immunise 10% of the population against Covid-19 by mid-July. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 29, 2021. THE country saw an increase in the number of vaccines administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme yesterday, where a total of 197,274 shots were given compared to 168,95...

KJ: Im talking durian, but EU envoy is talking about rambutan Hariz Mohd - Khairy Jamaluddin today blasted European Union ambassador to Malaysia Michalis Rokas, saying that the latter had got the wrong topic when replying to criticism against the EU. According to the minister in charge of Malaysia’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), he was talking about EU hoarding vaccine supply by procuring more than they need. He said...

Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin witnessing the vaccination process at the vaccination centre set up at the Dewan Tan Sri Noh Omar in Tanjong Karang on Monday (June 28). Also present was Tanjong Karang MP Tan Sri Noh Omar. TANJONG KARANG: There are more than 300,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines yet to be administered in Selangor and the state needs to up its vaccination rate, says Khairy Jamaluddin. "As of June 27, Selangor has received 1,367,306 doses of Pf...