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06 Jul 2021 / 13:05 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 6.25 tonnes of empty vaccine vials has been disposed of as clinical waste since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) was launched on Feb 24. Ministry of Health (MOE) Engineering Services Division, in a statement, said those were the vials of Covid-19 vaccines given to 7,593,179 recipients as of June 28. “All empty vaccine vials generated from each vaccination centre (PPV) will be gathered at the PPV store daily and will be sent to the relevant hospital to be weighed before they were taken out in accordance with the st...

FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "AstraZeneca, Pfizer - Biontech, Johnson&Johnson, Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine" are seen in this illustration picture taken May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total of 6.25 tonnes of empty vaccine vials has been disposed of as clinical waste since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme was launched on Feb 24. Health Ministry's (MOE) Engineering Services Division, in a statement, said those were the vials of Covid-19 vaccines given to 7,593,179 recipients as of June 28. "All empty vaccine vials generated f...

A sample of a "field ICU" set up by the Armed Forces. KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): There is an urgent need to set up a 'field ICU' to manage critically-ill patients at Kepala Batas Hospital in Penang, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the Health Ministry (MOH) felt this was necessary following the increasing need for Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds as the bed utilisation rate had reached over 100%. "MOH also found that ICU patient admission in Penang has increased by more than 45% over the past two weeks and this upward trend is expected to continue, esp...

Guion “Guy” Bluford: The First African American Astronaut By Meteorologist Shelly Lindblade Nationwide PUBLISHED 11:45 AM ET Feb. 27, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:45 AM EST Feb. 27, 2021 SHARE Guion Bluford was one of the most influential people in the space community, becoming the first African American to fly in space. What You Need To Know Guy Bluford was the first African American to fly in space He started his career as a pilot in the Air...