KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — A total of 44,376 children aged between five and 11 years in Malaysia have completed the two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — A total of 1,323,892 children aged five to 11 years or 37.3 per cent of their population 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, March 30 — A total of 15,711,005 individuals or 66.8 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has recommended that unvaccinated children immediately get their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) before the country enters the transition to the endemic phase beginning April 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — A total of 15,668,773 individuals or 66.6 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — A total of 1,312,205 children aged five to 11 or 37 per cent of the child population in the country have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Parents and guardians who have made booster dose appointments for teenagers below 17 years are urged to cancel them and not be present at the vaccination centres (PPV).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — A total of 15,507,221 adults or 65.9 per cent of their population in Malaysia have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday.

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, March 20 — Sinovac vaccines for kids are now available for purchase via the SELangkah (Step In, Safely) mobile app. In a statement on Facebook, SELangkah said the vaccine for kids aged between five to 11 years old is sold at RM99 per dose. For further...

IPOH, March 20 — The country's premier cycling tour race - Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) - is set to return in June this year after being cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — A total of 1,239,194 children aged five to 11 or 34.9 per cent of the population in the country have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday.

BAGAN SERAI, March 19 — Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali has expressed concern over the attitude of parents who refuse to allow their children to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as children are vulnerable to complications of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) if infected with the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — A total of 15,425,524 individuals or 65.6 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose, as of yesterday.

SHAH ALAM, March 13 — The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, should be taken three times in a lifetime, in sequence within a year, to contain the third major cancer faced by women in Malaysia.

PARIS, March 13 — France will start offering a fourth Covid-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose on Monday, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told daily Le Parisien in an interview published on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Malaysia through the National Vaccine Development Roadmap (PPVN) is developing methods to administer the Covid-19 vaccine orally or using nasal spray, said Science, Technology and Innovation Deputy Minister Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Issues involving the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and the proposal to make Covid-19 vaccine compulsory for school students are expected to be the focus of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Children under the age of 18 who are infected with Covid-19 can suffer from multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a critical condition that can occur when there is inflammation of internal organs, especially the heart, lungs, and brain.