(Reuters) Jan 19 — There is no evidence at present that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — A total of 2,768,673 individuals or 88 per cent of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 —  A total of 2,726,684  individuals or 86.6 per cent of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as at 11.59 pm yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — A total of 22,689,471 individuals or 96.9 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27  —  A total of 2,615,923 individuals or 83.1 per cent of the adolescent population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — A total of 22,332,571 individuals or 95.4 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — A total of 22,318,132 individuals or 95.3 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR,  Nov 14 — A total of  2,505,157 individuals, or 79.6 per cent of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination been fully vaccinated as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 — A total of 22,348,481 individuals or 95.5 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Malaysia is among the countries with the fastest adolescent Covid-19 vaccination rollouts in the world, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — A total of 22,013,263 individuals or 94 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday (October 19).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — A total of 19,604,699 individuals or 83.7 per cent of adults in the country have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — At least 308,000 teenagers aged 12 to 17 nationwide have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of September 20, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — A total of 5,887 students aged between 12 and 17 at schools in military camps nationwide will be vaccinated under the Back to School Vaccination Programme in support of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) for Adolescents which kicks off today.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 — The supply of Covid-19 vaccine for the booster dose and National Covid-19 Adolescent Immunisation Programme (PICK) is adequate, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — More children are being hospitalised for Covid-19 now compared to any other time of this ongoing pandemic, according to doctors, as the highly contagious Delta strain becomes more dominant in Malaysia.

WASHINGTON, April 1 — The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses in a Phase 3 trial in adolescents 12 to 15 years of age, reports Xinhua news agency quoted the two companies on Wednesday.