BAGAN SERAI, March 5 — The administration of Sinovac vaccine to children aged five to 11 will be decided at the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force for Children (CITF-C) committee meeting tonight.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 24 — Starting March 1, parents and guardians can bring their children to get the vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) at selected vaccination centres (PPVs) on a walk-in basis.

KUALA BERANG, Feb 24 — The government will expand the implementation of the school "outreach" vaccination team nationwide as one of the measures to speed up the Covid-19 vaccination rate for children aged five to 11, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KOTA BHARU, Feb 16 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will investigate allegations and a video that went viral on social media, claiming that the liquid vaccine was taken out from the syringe just before administering the injection to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin's youngest son.

KOTA BHARU, Feb 16 — Only eight adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) reports have been received since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) began on February 3, with all cases experiencing mild side effects including swelling at the injection site after receiving the vaccine.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — A total of 270,000 children under the age of 12 were infected with Covid-19 between July and December last year, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 27 — The vaccination of children aged between five and below 12 through the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) will begin on February 3 in the Klang Valley as a start.

HULU LANGAT, Dec 30 — Repair works on health clinics (KK) and health facilities affected by the floods is now being expedited, says Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 — The acceptance rate of the Covid-19 vaccine booster dose has been rated good, but the majority of recipients chose to take a booster dose of the same vaccine (homologous) with the primary dose, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is working on outlining several matters in an effort to provide placement to contract medical officers at its facilities, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — The Health Ministry will ensure that former Covid-19 patients with complications or are expected to experience ‘Long Covid’ complications have adequate medical access.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will readjust the purchase of the antiviral drug Molnupiravir as well as the need for the purchase of drugs for Covid-19 treatment based on the RM172 million allocation provided by the government.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is procuring 490 Type B ambulances and related equipment via open tender under the provisions of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), the Dewan Negara was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is developing the National Suicide and Fatal Injury Registry Malaysia (NSFIRM), which is expected to be ready in 2023, the Dewan Negara was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — A total of 223,990 calls to the Psychosocial Support Line were received as of September 19 with 80.8 per cent of the callers needed emotional support and counselling, the Dewan Negara was told today.

BAGAN SERAI, Sept 26 — Parents have been told not to worry about the side effects of vaccines given to teenagers aged between 12 and 17 in this country under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) for Adolescents.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — At least 308,000 teenagers aged 12 to 17 nationwide have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of September 20, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) aims to increase the percentage of private hospitals recognised as baby-friendly hospitals to 20 per cent, by 2025.

GOPENG, Aug 11 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has detected the sale of vaccination certificates, in the form of physical cards on an online platform, in the northern part of the country.

BAGAN SERAI, Aug 10 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will take stern action against any quarter who tries to forge the digital Covid-19 vaccination certificate in the MySejahtera application.