By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, June 29 — The Selangor government, through Selgate Healthcare Sdn Bhd (Selgate), is carrying out proactive measures to speed up vaccine delivery to workers in the industrial and private sectors under its Selangor Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (SVCP)...

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini SHAH ALAM, June 28 — Selangor is facing a supply shortage of Covid-19 doses and not vaccination capacity or vaccination centres (PPV), says Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. In a statement today, the state executive councillor for public health said with a total of 73 PPVs have...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has granted conditional approval for emergency use of the single-dose Covid-19 vaccines manufactured by China's CanSino Biologics and US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, June 14 — Prioritising Klang Valley residents to receive the Covid-19 vaccination doses would be able to reduce the daily cases by 50 per cent, says the Selangor Task Force Operations (STFO). Its director Dr Muhammad Farhan Rusli said the people in Selangor...

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, June 9 — At least four million people in Selangor would have to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in order for its population to reach herd immunity, says state executive councillor for public health. Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said the figure cited is about 80 per cent of...

SHAH ALAM, May 21 — The Federal government has been urged to increase Covid-19 vaccine distribution to Selangor due to the state’s high population density.

By Zareef Muzammil GOMBAK, May 19 — The Selangor government’s plan to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for its people is to complement the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme initiated by the Federal administration. Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari stressed that the offer made to employers to buy the...

By Mustakim Ramli AMPANG, May 18 — The delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to the people of Selangor will only be announced after the state government has finalised the agreement made with the manufacturers. Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the terms and conditions of the agreement are still being...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — A total of 513,044 individuals have completed the two doses of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday (April 26).

REUTERS, April 20 — The United States is reviewing reports of a handful of potential cases of severe side effects among people who received Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, in addition to those that led to a pause in its use, a top US public health official said on Monday.

REUTERS, April 14 — US federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine for at least a few days after six women under age 50 developed rare blood clots after receiving the shot, dealing a fresh setback to efforts to tackle the pandemic.

TOKYO, April 8 — The Japanese government is thinking of prioritising Covid-19 vaccines for athletes taking part in the Olympics and Paralympics, which start at the end of July, Kyodo news agency said.

SHAH ALAM, April 6 — The Selangor Covid-19 Immunisation Outreach Programme (ImuniSel) aims to solve the digital divide among its people, which reflects the vaccine registration rate of less than half in the state.

By Zareef Muzammil SHAH ALAM, April 5 — Fear of needles and doubt in vaccines are some of the reasons why older adults refuse to sign-up for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Dusan Tua state representative Edry Faizal Eddy Yusof said the problem was traced when his community...

IPOH, April 5 — A police personnel who is the subject of fake news over his ‘death’ due to vaccine complications, did not complain of any symptoms after receiving the first and second doses of the ‘Corminaty’ vaccine, says Perak health director Datuk Dr Ding Lay Ming.

By Zareef Muzammil SHAH ALAM, April 4 — The Selangor government is expected to decide on the Covid-19 vaccine to be purchased from the Federal administration by early May. Its Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the matter is being discussed in detail with the manufacturers before...

SERDANG, April 3 — A total of 25,770 cases or 3.5 per cent from 706,404 Covid-19 vaccine recipients, were found to have mild and serious side effects as at March 31.

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.

PUTRAJAYA, March 29 — Prospective Malaysian pilgrims this year will be given priority in receiving the Covid-19 vaccine once the Saudi Arabian government mandates it as the main condition, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SABAK BERNAM, March 27 — The Selangor government and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) are assessing the suitable mechanism and formats to provide Covid-19 vaccine to industrial workers. Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the move aims to...