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PETALING JAYA: A decision has yet to be made on whether or not there is a need to administer a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister, asked about the Pfizer CEO’s recent statement that a third vaccine dose may need to be administered within 12 months, said: "That is the view of Pfizer’s CEO. We don’t have any data on this yet. “Even so, the Health Ministry, the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force and the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee are making long-term plans. “It is po...

PETALING JAYA: Teachers will be given the same priority as other eligible vaccine recipients in phase two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

With large swathes of Malaysia, including Sarawak, now being re-designated as Red Zones owing to a surge in cases of Covid across most of the country, it is becoming ever clearer that slow vaccine roll out has become a major problem in tackling the disease after a year of punitive orders that have appeared as much political as health driven. Under the personal urging of the Agong, Parliament pushed through a budget to release huge sums for purchasing vaccines in November, after which a ‘State of Emergency’ was called anyway followed by ’emergency ordinances’ that have allowed the mino...

King didn’t get unapproved vaccine in UAE, says Adham FMT Reporters © Provided by Free Malaysia Today Asia Sentinel had claimed that the King, foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Attorney-General Idrus Harun were vaccinated with the Sinopharm vaccine during a trip to UAE in January. PETALING JAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong was not vaccinated with the unapproved Sinopharm vaccine. Neither did he acquire 2,000 doses of it for his family and friends during his trip to Dubai as claimed, says the government. Health minister Dr Adham Baba said the claims, as reported by n...

Sunday, 18 Apr 2021 04:47 PM MYT BY ZURAIRI AR Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah met with Dr Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais at the Emirates Palace December 23, 2020. — Picture via Facebook Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba has reportedly denied a report alleging that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had been vaccinated with the unapproved Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine during his recent visit to the United Arab Emirates. In a report by The M...