REUTERS, Nov 17 — Moderna Inc's experimental vaccine is 94.5 per cent effective in preventing Covid-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second US drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Malaysia is highly hopeful of obtaining from the producing countries, Covid-19 vaccines, expected could be used by the first quarter of next year.

ANKARA, Nov 12 — The Australian health minister on Wednesday said vaccines to prevent coronavirus are expected by March 2021, Anadolu Agency reported.

MANILA, Oct 27 —  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would favour a government-to-government deal for the purchase of coronavirus vaccines to prevent the risk of corruption, adding that Manila would not beg other nations for access to vaccines.

SEOUL, Oct 23 — Concerns over seasonal flu shots grew further on Friday as deaths after vaccinations swelled to over 30, with health experts split over whether to go ahead with a state-led free shot programme amid a potential "twindemic" of the new coronavirus and the flu.

GENEVA, Oct 20 — A total of 184 countries and economies have now joined Covax, an international initiative co-led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners to ensure effective and equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines, reported Xinhua news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Local companies and public and private educational institutions are encouraged to conduct more studies to produce antiviral drugs or vaccines in treating viral infections, especially Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — With first emergency use authorisations for Covid-19 vaccines expected to be effective in the last quarter of 2020, logistics providers are challenged to rapidly establish medical supply chains to deliver more than ten billion doses worldwide.

SEOUL, Sept 15 — South Korea aims to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines to administer to 30 million people, or roughly 60 per cent of the country's population, the health ministry said Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency reported.

JAKARTA/BEIJING, Aug 11 — China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched a late-stage human trial on Tuesday that will involve as many as 1,620 patients in Indonesia for a Covid-19 vaccine candidate that it is developing with Indonesian state-owned peer Bio Farma.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — Ho Wah Genting Bhd (HWGB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, HWGB Biotech Sdn Bhd (HWGB Biotech), has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with US-based E-MO Biology Inc (EBI) to undertake research on Covid-19 patent applications.

BANDUNG, Aug 6 — Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration between state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a senior researcher said.

GENEVA/ZURICH, July 23 — Researchers are making "good progress" in developing vaccines against Covid-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — A roadmap serving as a blueprint for the National Vaccine Development will be created to ensure the country's safety and self-reliance and safety concerning vaccines.