The government has established ‘Guidelines to Determine List of Frontliners’ to avoid queue jumping under the Covid-19 vaccination programme, said Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.
China reassured Malaysians that vaccine manufactured by the country is safe and effective as their government requires Chinese vaccine companies to promote vaccine research and development in strict accordance with scientific laws and relevant regulations.
China’s Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing said the phase three clinical trials of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine have been carried out in many countries with over 36 millions of doses of the vaccine have been administered in China and abroad.
“The data and result proved that Sinovac vaccine is safe and effective. Besides, it has been deemed halal by the Indonesian authorities
BNM aware of Jho Low transfers to Zeti s husband and other news you may have missed
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KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.
1. Singapore police had alerted Bank Negara (BNM) about suspicious transactions from fugitive businessperson Jho Low to a company owned by Zeti Akhtar Aziz s husband and son when she was still the central bank s governor.
2. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said police were going after drug lords who hid behind their Tan Sri, Datuk Seri and Datuk titles.
3. Police said the RM10,000 fine for SOPs violators, effective on March 11, will only be imposed on individuals who breach the movement control order repeatedly, as well as those who can trigger the spread of Covid-19.
27 Feb 2021 / 08:34 H. Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26: The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), which is responsible for the approval of the Covid-19 vaccine in this country, is very particular in terms of the quality and safety of the vaccine.
Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin (pix) said in fact, the Npra was also described as the most meticulous by the vaccine companies, compared to other international regulatory bodies.
“I’m the one negotiating with these companies. They came back to me and said ‘your Npra is the most unbending, the strictest in the world’.they don’t ask one or two questions and according to the Russians, they (Npra) asked 300 questions at one go including the technical aspects.”