KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — A total of 1,111,499 or 31.3 per cent of children aged five to 11 in the country have been fully vaccinated under the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Saturday (May 21).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Health ministers from Commonwealth countries have agreed to collaborate on several key issues pertaining to post Covid-19 recovery efforts, including vaccine equity, building resilient health systems and bolstering health security through harnessing digital technology.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — A total of 1,085,977 or 30.6 per cent of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — A total of 1,079,745 or 30.4 per cent of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — A total of 1,073,551 or 30.2 per cent of children aged five to 11 in the country have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

JAKARTA, May 18 — Indonesia will drop requirements for people to mask up outdoors and for vaccinated travellers to show negative pre-departure tests, officials said on Tuesday, as Covid-19 infections decline in the Southeast Asian country.

PUTRAJAYA, May 17 — The antiviral drug Paxlovid to treat Covid-19, which was previously used in health clinics and government hospitals, will be extended to private hospitals and clinics as well as teaching hospitals, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

MANILA, May 17 — The Philippines' Department of Health confirmed on Tuesday local transmission of the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2.12.1 subvariant of Covid-19 in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — A total of 1,063,569 children aged five to 11 or 30 per cent of the child population in Malaysia have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — Tourism Malaysia is enhancing partnerships with international airlines to welcome more tourists from West Asia back to Malaysia, said its director-general Datuk Zainuddin Abdul Wahab.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The number of new Covid-19 cases in the country for the 19th epidemiological week (ME) this year (May 8 to May 14) increased by 119.2 per cent to 19,137 cases compared to 8,732 cases in ME18.

SINGAPORE, May 16 — Singapore has detected two local Covid-19 cases infected with the BA.4 variant, and one local case infected with the BA.5 variant, according to the republic’s Health Ministry (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — A total of 1,058,626 children aged between five and 11 years, or 29.8 per cent of their population in Malaysia have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — The Asean Health Ministers have agreed on the Mutual Recognition of Covid-19 Vaccination Certificates to ensure smooth and safe cross-border travel.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Wesak Day is usually celebrated in a big way among Buddhists in the country but street processions with a sea of orange robes will not be seen this year to avoid massive crowds as devotees emerge from two-year abstinence of avid festivity due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — A total of 1,019,609 children aged between five and 11 years, or 28.7 per cent of their population, in Malaysia, have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

COPENHAGEN, May 13 — The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — A total of 993,652 children aged between five and 11 years, or 28 per cent of their population, have completed the vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has agreed to grant conditional registration approval for the product Evusheld 100 milligrammes per millimetre (mg/ml) Solution For Injection (Tixagevimab 100 mg/ml and Cilgavimab 100 mg/ml) manufactured by AstraZeneca AB of Sweden.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — A total of 976,336 children aged five to 11 or 27.5 per cent of the child population in the country have been fully vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.