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KUALA LUMPUR: Close to 8.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the Health Ministry's inventory have expired while in storage.

KUALA LUMPUR: There could have been more than 10 million Covid-19 cases in Malaysia – twice the current figure – if the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) was not implemented, says Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM2.556mil in compensation was paid out to a total of 150 eligible applicants who suffered serious side effects related to Covid-19 vaccines, says the Health Ministry.

The vaccination campaign has been expanded, which has increased the number of residents that have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and put under health management.

PUTRAJAYA: Despite the increase in Covid-19 cases since the Hari Raya celebrations, the Health Ministry will stick to its plan of reviewing the country’s transition to endemic status by next month, says Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

Several challenges such as mis- and disinformation, supply chain disruptions, the digital divide, and social and geographical barriers were overcome to reach unprecedented vaccine coverage

Poor vaccination during Covid pandemic was also reflected in the recent surges seen in the case of measles in the country. At least 40 children died in 2022 due to measles and around 10,000 kids were infected

World Immunisation Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to highlight the collective action needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases.An e

Even as the last 3 years of Covid-pandemic, has severely affected routine immunisation of children, health experts urged the need to catch up on the time lost.