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PETALING JAYA: Selangor has enough vaccine supply to last a week and is not running low as claimed by a Selangor exco member, says Khairy Jamaluddins science adviser. Dr Mohd Ghows Mohd Azzam told Selangor public health executive councillor Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud that the state has about 339,000 doses according to the vaccine management system. "With Selangor utilising 40,000 per day, this is enough for at least a week," he said on Twitter on Sunday (June 27). Dr Siti Mariah had claimed earlier ...

Malaysias Covid-19 vaccination rate dipped to 215,968 doses on June 25 Arjuna Chandran Shankar © Provided by The Edge KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Malaysia jabbed 215,968 doses of Covid-19 vaccines into peoples arms yesterday (June 25), down from the 268,604 doses administered a day prior. According to the latest tweet from the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), 148,380 individuals ...

Published on: Saturday, June 26, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: A villager gets inoculated against Covid-19 at a vaccination centre at the Labuan Matriculation College on June 18, 2021. (Photo: Bernama) LABUAN: The Covid-19 vaccination drive on the duty-free-island here is reaching its peak with 82% of the total adult population having registered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) via the MySejahtera app. The federal territory is among the top four states in the country to r...

PORT KLANG: Acknowledging the importance of the sector, the government has launched the first round of the Transportation Sector Vaccination Programme covering maritime, aviation and land transport services. The launch was held at the Port Klang Authority Sports and Recreation Club here on Friday (June 25) attended by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong and National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Dr Wee told a press conference later that his mini...

KUALA LUMPUR: A man and two women were arrested by police on Wednesday for allegedly marketing the sale of Covid-19 vaccines to the public. Kuala Lump...

IF ALL goes well, Penang could achieve Covid-19 herd immunity earlier than expected, with 70% or 1.38 million people, getting vaccinated by August. State health committee chairman Dr Norlela Ariffin said the present vaccination of 14, 814 daily doses this month would be ramped up to 35, 165 doses next month, and 35, 572 doses in August. She said 103, 627 targeted recipients in the state had obtained the first dose while another 73, 607 had received both doses as of June 3. Dr Norlela said a com...

THE Kedah Zakat Board has offered its mobile clinic to carry out vaccination exercise under the outreach programme for elderly folk and the physically disabled in rural areas in the state.

Vaccinate children for herd immunity by August, says Yii Published Modified5:16 am - Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen has called on the federal government and the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) to get children aged 12-18 vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity by August. “With children aged 12-18 years old estimated to be up to 30 percent of our population, the government must look at finding ways to identify and include them as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation P...

PUTRAJAYA: The fourth phase of the national Covid-19 immunisation programme beginning on Wednesday (June 16) will target industry workers, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

PUTRAJAYA: About 30,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses will be delivered to Labuan in the coming week to address the recent surge in infections in the federal territory, says Khairy Jamaluddin.