KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry (MOH) has urged the public to refrain from buying and using the traditional product ‘PS 21 Capsule’ that has been de.
The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has approved the clinical study of a new vaccine from China to be carried out in Malaysia. In a statement today, health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the clinical study will involve the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Vero Cells), inactivated, manufactured by Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co Ltd in China.
KUALA LUMPUR: The 358th Drug Control Authority (DCA) meeting today approved conditional registration for Covid-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca Solution for Inj.
PETALING JAYA: The number of Covid-19 deaths in the country has surpassed the 3,000-mark since the pandemic emerged last year.
This came after 103 fatalities were recorded yesterday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, bringing the total number of deaths to 3,096.
He added that the number of patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) treatment increased to a new record of 880 cases, higher than the 878 cases reported a day earlier on Wednesday.
Of those in ICU cases, 446 patients required ventilator assistance, he said in a statement.
Dr Noor Hisham also said the number of children under five years old dying of Covid-19 or requiring ICU treatment had increased drastically this year.