KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — A total of 974,355 individuals or 27.4 per cent of children aged between five and 11 years in Malaysia have received their first dose of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — Effective Monday (March 7), parents or guardians nationwide can use the MySejahtera app to register their children for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — A total of 952,411 individuals or 26.8 per cent of children, aged five to 11, in Malaysia have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday (March 3).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — An additional 412 Vaccination Centres (PPVs) has been provided for walk-in basis under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids), said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — A total of 14,810,832 individuals or 62.9 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — A total of 904,368 children aged between five and 11 years, or 25.5 per cent of the child population, in Malaysia have been given the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — A total of 879,264 individuals or 24.8 per cent of children aged between five and 11 in Malaysia have received their first dose of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — A total of 846,486 individuals or 23.8 per cent of children aged between five and 11 years in Malaysia have received their first dose of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KLUANG, Feb 27 — Johor’s rate of Covid-19 booster vaccination shots has reached 70 per cent so far, which will be adequate in protecting voters throughout the Johor state election.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — A total of 805,676 children aged between five and 11, or 22.7 per cent of the group in Malaysia, have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — A total of 751,928 individuals or 21.2 per cent of the child population aged between five and 11 years in Malaysia have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUANTAN, Feb 25 — Most parents have not given permission for their children to receive the Covid-19 vaccine because they prefer to wait and see, stemming from worry over the side effects of vaccination, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — A total of 615,671 individuals or 17.3 per cent of the child population aged between five and 11 years in the country have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — A total of 564,220 individuals or 15.9 per cent of the child population aged between five and 11 years in the country have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Registration under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) has now exceeded one million individuals which are 28 per cent of children aged between five and 11 after three weeks of implementation, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Children aged five to 11 years who are unvaccinated and infected with Covid-19, are at risk of serious complications such as Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) which involves various internal organs, most notably, the heart, lungs and brain.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — A total of 454,194 children or 12.8 per cent of the child population, aged from five to 11 years in Malaysia, have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

By Mustakim Ramli GOMBAK, Feb 19 — The Selangor government is ready to implement the Selangor Vaccine (Selvax) programme for children if the Health Ministry (MOH) allows it, says Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.  He said as of now, the state administration is only permitted to...