By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, Feb 2 — The Selangor vaccination plan would assist the Federal government to accelerate the inoculation process and speed up the herd immunity process in the country. Herd immunity refers to how protected a community is against an illness, such as the...

ANKARA, Nov 21 — About 20,000 volunteers applied for the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Friday in Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.

ZURICH, Sept 9 — Safety of a prospective vaccine for Covid-19 comes "first and foremost", the World Health Organization's chief scientist said on Wednesday, as a trial of a candidate from AstraZeneca was paused, at least temporarily, due to concerns over side effects.

REUTERS, Sept 9 — AstraZeneca Plc said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unexplained illness in a study participant.

MOSCOW, Aug 12 — The vaccine, known as “Sputnik-V” was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute, and its mass production has already begun at AFK Sistema's Binnopharm pharmaceutical factory.

MOSCOW, August 12 — Russia has received a request for the production of 1 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology from 20 states, said head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev during an online conference.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess.

MANILA, Aug 11 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge.