By Khairul Azran Hussin PUCHONG, April 4 — The Selangor Menteri Besar has urged all head of departments in the state’s civil service to ensure that their staff have registered themselves for the Covid-19 vaccine. Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the 17,000 individuals in the group should set an...

By Khairul Azran Hussin PUCHONG, April 4 — The Selangor government has launched its Covid-19 Immunisation Outreach programme (Imunisel) to ensure that no one in the state gets left behind in signing up for the vaccine. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the programme aims to help the...

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...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — A total of 215,395 individuals in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme have completed receiving both doses of their vaccine shots as of yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, April 1 — Participation of the corporate sector in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will help boost registration for and communications related to the vaccination especially in rural areas via corporate companies’ networks and assets, said Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, March 17 — Selangor tops the list of individuals who have registered for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme with a total of 1,668,544 as of yesterday. According to data shared by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on Twitter today,...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — A total of 321,331 individuals have received their first vaccine dose under phase one of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — A total of 223,923 individuals have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, as at yesterday (March 10).

By Zareef Muzammil AMPANG, March 8 — The Selangor government will initiate a vaccine registration campaign starting next week to ease the process for the public to participate in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Its Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said grassroots leaders...

PUTRAJAYA, March 2 — The Drug Control Authority (DCA), in a meeting today, granted conditional approval to three Covid-19 vaccines for use to curb the spread of the Covid-19 infection in the country said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — A total of 26,500 officers and personnel of the Malaysian Army (TDM) nationwide will be among the early recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine under Phase 1 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

GEORGE TOWN,  Feb 28 — Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow was given the Covid-19 vaccine jab at 10.25 am today at  the Penang Hospital (HPP), marking the beginning of the state-level National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has called on all parties including individuals who have received the Covid-19 vaccine to continue their compliance with the standard operating procedures (SOP) implemented to curb the spread of the deadly virus until herd immunity is achieved.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Bursa Malaysia is anticipated to re-test the 1,600-level next week, with recovery-theme and vaccine-related stocks likely to be in focus following the start of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme last Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 25 — Frontliners who are the early recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine shots have urged the public not to be afraid as it was just like other regular vaccine shots to protect oneself from various illnesses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has urged employers to educate and encourage their employees on the benefits of being inoculated against Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Many states have been busy making proper preparations for the first day of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme today, including ensuring the storage facilities are all set to receive the vaccines.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — A senior consultant paediatrician believed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would reduce the risk of persons with disabilities (PwD) getting infected with Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme is expected to be completed before the end of this year, ahead of its projected completion date in February next year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will assess the need of Covid-19 patients who have recovered to receive vaccination against the virus, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.