KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 —  A third dose of Covid-19 vaccine, given at an interval of six months after the second dose, can lead to a strong boost in immune response, with an increase of three to five folds in neutralising antibody titers.

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — The US Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give full approval for the Pfizer Covid vaccine by early September, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing people involved in the effort.

WASHINGTON, July 29 — American biopharmaceutical company Pfizer said Wednesday a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine can "strongly" boost protection against the Delta variant.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The emergence of more aggressive new variants has sparked questions about the effectiveness of existing Covid-19 vaccines against them.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Medical data from vaccine use showed that both Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines are equally effective against Covid-19, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA, July 16 —  All Klang Valley residents are expected to get at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine early next month and complete their two doses of vaccine inoculation by the end of the month, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah expressed his appreciation to the United States (US) for donating one million doses of Pfizer vaccine to help boost the vaccination process under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).

SUBANG, July 5 — Malaysia today received one million doses of Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine contributed by the United States (US) in support of the country’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Program (PICK) which is now in full swing.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Malaysia will receive one million doses of Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine contributed by the United States (US) on Monday (July 5), Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — Neither Pfizer Inc nor any of its affiliates globally, have authorized anyone to import, market or distribute the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and currently, there is no authorised private distributor of the vaccine worldwide, according to Pfizer Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Experts lauded the Drug Control Authority’s (DCA) approval for the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 and above but urged the government to speed up the vaccination process for them.

WASHINGTON, June 10 — The US administration of Joe Biden will purchase 500  million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to donate globally, according to Anadolu quoting a report of The Washington Post.

MOSCOW, April 22 — The US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has identified fake doses of its vaccine against Covid-19 in Mexico and Poland, Sputnik quoted The Wall Street Journal report.

REMBAU, March 11 -  Malaysia has returned a total of 585 damaged vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to the manufacturer, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — Online shopping platform, Shopee has denied the sale of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine as shown in a photo being circulated on Twitter and WhatsApp several days ago.

PUTRAJAYA, March 5 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday warned the public against online advertisements on the sale of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.

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 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.

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 24 — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme officially began today with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin being the first individual in the country to receive the vaccine at about 3pm.