By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Nov 22 — The public has been advised to take their Covid-19 vaccine booster doses, in light of the increase in cases of late. State executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said the doses should be taken particularly by those who are frequently...

KOTA BHARU, Nov 19 — Officers and members of the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) who are involved in flood disaster management tasks during monsoon season will get priority for booster shots of Covid-19 vaccine.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The 366th Drug Control Authority (DCA) meeting today agreed to give conditional approval for the use of AstraZeneca and CoronaVac vaccines as COVID-19 booster dose to individuals aged 18 and above after receiving the primary series of vaccination from the same type (homologous).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — The government will decide whether to allow walk-ins for Covid-19 booster shots in a meeting today, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — A total of 22,297,446 individuals or 95.2 per cent of Malaysia’s adult population have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 12 — The findings from studies conducted abroad including Thailand, Chile and Turkey showed good efficacy of the Comirnaty vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech as a booster dose.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 12 — The country’s Covid-19 infectivity rate or R-naught (Rt) which has risen to 1.0 may be an early sign that positive cases will increase, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — A total of 22,248,737 individuals or 95 per cent of Malaysia’s adult population have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Ninety-five per cent or over 22.2 million of Malaysia’s adult population have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Health Ministry (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — A total of 22,214,024 individuals or 94.9 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Health Ministry (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — A total of 22,417,059 individuals or 95.8 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — A total of 22,409,335 individuals or 95.7 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — A total of 22,393,720 individuals or 95.7 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, October 22 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will be extending Comirnaty (Pfizer-BionTech) Covid-19 vaccine booster dose to individuals who have completed vaccination with Sinovac vaccine after at least three months.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 20 — Malaysia is still discussing with the Saudi Arabian government on the types of vaccine allowed for individuals wanting to perform the Umrah pilgrimage in the kingdom, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has lodged several police reports against anti-vaccine groups who spread false information that threaten public health.

TAMPIN, Oct 14 — The Army will form an inquiry team to improve security operations procedures and governance following an incident where its personnel allegedly fired shots before committing suicide in Kuching, Sarawak, last night.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 14 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will be starting to administer Covid-19 vaccine booster dose to senior citizens aged 60 and above and frontliners who have completed vaccination at least six months ago, said its minister, Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The Health Ministry has granted conditional approval for the Comirnaty vaccine to be used as a booster shot at least six months after the second dose for those aged 18 and above.

ALOR SETAR, Sept 19 — The administering of the third or booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to groups who are vulnerable to Covid-19 infection is expected to start in October, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.