KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The first day of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine administration went smoothly despite public concerns over the vaccine.

PUTRAJAYA, May 4 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will constantly monitor the incidence of blood clots with the administration of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and gives an assurance of immediate treatment in the event of such an incident occurring, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

PUTRAJAYA, May 3 — The rollout of the AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine will be expanded and maintained under the voluntary programme after all 268,000 appointment slots were snapped in just over three hours yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 — AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine slots for Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents have been fully booked in just three hours and 20 minutes, after the registration opened at 12 noon.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents who want to take the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be able to book their slots from noon tomorrow, on a ‘first click, first-served' basis.

PUTRAJAYA, April 28 — The government will start to administer AstraZeneca vaccine at specially designated vaccination centres (PPVs) soon, and the public can opt for it, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — The number of blood clot or thrombosis cases after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine jab is low and rare, said the Health Ministry's (MOH) Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Selection Sub-Committee (JKKPCV) chairman, Dr Kalaiarasu M Periasamy.

PUTRAJAYA, April 26 — The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, and it will be administered to senior citizens, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KOTA TINGGI, April 24 — Malaysia has received its first batch of 268,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — The government will decide on whether Malaysia can continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine or not at the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) meeting in two weeks time.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — Malaysia will decide whether to proceed with using the AstraZeneca vaccine for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme after getting the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) findings on the vaccine.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has come out against vaccine passports, for now, saying they may exacerbate unequal access to vaccines in many countries.

PUTRAJAYA, April 6 — Malaysia will continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said.

TUARAN, April 5 — Malaysia will continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as the incidents involving the vaccine are rare and thus the benefits outweigh the risks, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA, March 31 — Malaysia will receive its first 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in June, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Khairy Jamaluddin.

PARIS, March 26 — French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out against pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca on Thursday for not honouring its contract and expressed support for the European Union’s decision to block all coronavirus vaccine exports as long as laboratories do not keep their commitments.

PUTRAJAYA, March 24 — The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe for use in Malaysia, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

TAIPEI, March 22 — Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot on Monday, having volunteered to be first in line to underscore government confidence in the vaccine's safety as the island began its inoculation campaign.

GENEVA, March 16 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that it was still conducting its safety review of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine as France, Italy, Spain and Germany have joined the group of countries that have suspended the use of this jab following reports that some recipients developed blood clots and died after being vaccinated, reported Xinhua.

AMSTERDAM, March 15 — The Netherlands on Sunday joined a fast-growing list of countries suspending use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after reports of unexpected possible side effects from the injection.