KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — A total of 413,255 individuals have received their Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday (March 20) under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — The Asia-Pacific (Apac) economy continues to lead global growth as vaccines begin to be rolled out throughout the region as well as across the globe, according to Moody’s Analytics.

GENEVA, March 13 — Head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that the Geneva-based United Nations health agency "systematically reviews safety signals, and is carefully assessing the current reports on the AstraZeneca vaccine." The Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and...

GENOA (Italy), March 12 — All countries should closely monitor adverse health effects related to the use of any vaccine, a spokesperson for the World Health Organisation (WHO) told Sputnik following the suspension of the AstraZeneca drug in several EU countries.

By Nadiah Zamlus SHAH ALAM, March 7 — The public is encouraged to participate in the Covid-19 community screening organised by the state government while they have yet to be vaccinated. Selcare Clinic manager Mohd Noor Md Nasir said residents still have to continue to undergo testing if they...

SEOUL, March 3 — North Korea is expected to be supplied with around 1.7 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 by May through a global vaccine distribution programme.

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, Feb 27 — Those who fail to attend the appointment to take the Covid-19 vaccination without reasonable grounds can be prosecuted, said Health director-general (DG) Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 24 — The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) is satisfied with the level of compliance to the standard operation procedure (SOP) as shown by the sports and recreational industry players in Selangor.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 21 — The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) has sent a list of 4,000 athletes and officials who will be representing the country at various levels of competition to be given priority as recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 12 — The Selangor state government will be opening four transit quarantine centres for Covid-19 patients in Klang, Hulu Langat, Petaling and Sepang as an effort to curb infection in the community.

GENEVA, Feb 4 — The first plan for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to developing countries was unveiled on Wednesday by the UN-backed Covax facility, Anadolu Agency reported.

GENEVA, Jan 23 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) and makers of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine announced Friday that they are ready to provide up to 40 million initial doses to poorer countries through the Covax facility.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 11 — The government via the Health Ministry and Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd today signed an agreement for the first phase delivery of the Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT1262b vaccines in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Malaysia today signed a deal to buy an additional 12.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by US and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech, said the Health Ministry (MOH) in a statement.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 11 — The government via the Health Ministry and Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd today signed the manufacturing and supply agreement for the pharmaceutical company’s Covid-19 vaccines in Malaysia.

SYDNEY, Dec 16 — Australian researchers called for people with serious mental illness to be given priority access to Covid-19 vaccines when they become available, reports Xinhua news agency according to a statement released Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 — An advisory group of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met on Thursday and recommended the agency issue emergency use authorisation (EUA) to the Covid-19 vaccine of American drugmaker Pfizer in partnership with German company BioNTech, Xinhua news agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — Foreign investors remained as net sellers on Bursa Malaysia last week, selling RM268.9 million net of local equities for the week ended November 20, compared to RM246.3 million sold in the whole of the preceding week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The 27th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) concluded yesterday with its 21 member economies agreeing to cooperate constructively in combating Covid-19.