KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The issue over vaccine recognition must be discussed and clarified at the international level so that there is no discrimination, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

SEPANG, July 2 — The Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) has agreed to reduce the interval between the first and second doses of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine to nine weeks from the current 12, said Khairy Jamaluddin.

SEPANG, July 1 — Malaysia today received one million doses of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine donated by Japan to further intensify the vaccination process under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Program (PICK).

TOKYO, June 25 — Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Friday that Japan will give 1 million additional doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine each to Taiwan and Vietnam.

PUTRAJAYA, June 20 — The Health Ministry is studying whether the time interval for the second AstraZeneca vaccine dose can be shortened from 12 weeks to six weeks, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said.

KUALA NERUS, June 17 — The government is still studying and considering the mix-and-match method of Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to complete the two-dose vaccination.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Japanese government will provide AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Japan to Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, its Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — There has been no system manipulation by SELangkah in the issue of AstraZeneca vaccine registration under the ImuniSel outreach campaign, as claimed by some parties.

SHAH ALAM, May 29 — Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari will meet the Coordinating Minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin tomorrow to discuss various issues including misunderstandings regarding recent vaccine slots bookings.

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, May 29 — The SELangkah (Step In, Safely) management has refuted claims of its involvement in the recent AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine opt-in programme chaotic mess. Its chief executive officer Tengku Iesta Tengku Alaudin strongly rejected the allegations by the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) said it viewed seriously the technical hiccups that occurred during the booking of the second-round opt-in AstraZeneca vaccine appointment slots this afternoon.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — One million slots for the latest round of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine opt-in registration were snapped up in one and a half hours, despite much technical hiccups after its opening at noon today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — A total of 1,240,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is offered to the elderly in the second round of the vaccination offer which is open for booking of appointment slots at noon tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The second round of AstraZeneca opt-in will be available for registration at noon on Sunday, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

PUTRAJAYA, May 17 — The second phase of applications for the AstraZeneca vaccine will be open exclusively for senior citizens aged 60 and above from May 23 to May 26, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — A message that has gone viral on social media stating that applications for the AstraZeneca vaccine are open to all in Malaysia is fake, said the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The AstraZeneca vaccination process at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) vaccination centre (PPV) is running smoothly despite the PPV's vaccination capacity being increased to 8,100 doses a day from yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Prospective vaccine recipients with the status of person under investigation (PUI), person under surveillance (PUS) or close contacts of Covid-19 patients are not allowed to turn up at vaccination centres (PPVs).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — The capacity at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Center (WTCKL) Vaccination Centre (PPV) for the AstraZeneca vaccine has been increased to 8,100 doses a day starting today, making it the centre with the capability of carrying out the largest scale vaccination exercise in the country.

PUTRAJAYA, May 10 — A total of 2,800 vaccination appointments initially set on May 15 and 16 at the AstraZeneca Vaccination Centre at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre (WTC) has been rescheduled to between May 17 and 23.