PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — Children aged five to 11 will be offered the CoronaVac vaccine produced by Sinovac, if parents object to them receiving the Comirnaty vaccine due to growing concerns over mRNA vaccines.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Only 25 cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) were detected within 21 days post Covid-19 vaccination out of 433,674 admissions to 216 hospitals between February and September 2021.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 16 — The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has approved the shelf life extension for two Covid-19 vaccines, namely ‘CoronaVac Suspension for Injection Covid-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated’ (CoronaVac) and ‘Comirnaty Concentrate for Dispersion for Injection’ (Comirnaty).

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — No cases of myocarditis or pericarditis following the use of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine have been detected in Malaysia thus far, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 10 — Watching her young child playing, 28-year-old Mujahidah Abdul Jalil wondered if she should take the Covid-19 vaccine.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, who have fears that they are at high risk of Covid-19 infection are probably considering vaccination as a prevention measure.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — More states in Peninsular Malaysia are receiving the supply of Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, produced by Pfizer-BioNTech on the second day of the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — The supply of vaccines would be distributed to each Vaccine Administration Centre (VAC) in stages according to the number of vaccine recipients and based on the suitability of time.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 10 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is in talks with pharmaceutical company Pfizer to obtain another 30 per cent supply of Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty (Concentrate For Dispersion For Injection) produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.