KLANG, Jan 16 — There has been no proven public health approach that one should be infected with the Covid-19 Omicron variant to help build herd immunity, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 14 — The omicron variant of coronavirus can help build herd immunity in societies due to its high transmissibility, South African virologists said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is no longer using the conventional formula of achieving at least 80 per cent herd immunity among the country’s adult population in curbing the spread of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — The Special Committee on Pandemic Management today agreed to allow the opening of tourism centres, islands and areas as well as interstate travel when the country’s adult population vaccination rate reached 90 per cent based on data and analysis conducted by the Ministry of Health (MOH).

JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 19 — Only about 1.8 per cent of the adult population remains to be vaccinated against Covid-19 for Malaysia to achieve the 80 per cent herd immunity for adults, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said.

KOTA BHARU, Sept 11 — The Covid-19 vaccine injection for teenagers can be extended to states that have achieved the herd immunity, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Aug 4 — Five vaccination centres (PPV) under the Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax) have begun accepting walk-in vaccinations yesterday for individuals who have not yet received an appointment. The vaccination centres are PPV Tropicana Garden Mall,...

SHAH ALAM, Aug 1 — Selangor is expected to achieve herd immunity in less than a month following an integrated collaboration between the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) and the Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax) under the state government.

LABUAN, July 27 — Labuan today completed fully vaccinating 80 per cent of its adult population and has become the first among federal territories and states in the country to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — After dodging the worst of Covid-19 since the pandemic surfaced last year, many of Asean member nations now appear to be grappling with the rapid surge in infections following the emergence of new variants especially the Delta variant.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — The ringgit strengthened against the US dollar on Wednesday, buoyed by optimism over the country's goal of achieving herd immunity by September at the latest.

PUTRAJAYA, June 21 — Ten per cent of the country’s population or 3.2 million people are expected to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the middle of next month, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — The recent data on children infected with Covid-19 in Malaysia is a wake-up call for all parties to do more by taking all precautions to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and keeping the environment safe for all.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Malaysia aims to achieve herd immunity with at least 70 per cent of its population vaccinated by the end of the year but so far the percentage of those who have registered for the Covid-19 vaccine is very low.

BERLIN, March 20 — Europe can achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer with four coronavirus vaccines approved by European health authorities, o Ugur Sahin, a Turkish-German scientist and CEO of BioNTech said on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) is now a Covid-19 vaccination centre in the Petaling Jaya district, joining other selected private hospitals as the country ramps up the national immunisation programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The country is expected to need a year to achieve herd immunity for the coronavirus through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan, one of the largest vaccination programmes in Malaysia.

By Sheeda Fathil SERDANG, Feb 2 — The Federal government receives Selangor’s wish to purchase the Covid-19 vaccine to speed up herd immunity. However, the Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the immunisation plan must follow the schedule to avoid overlapping with the...

KUALA LUMPUR,  Jan 23 — The Covid-19 vaccination programme planned by the government is important in order to create herd immunity, allowing the country's economy to recover, says Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) official.

JAKARTA, Jan 6 — Indonesia will begin its nationwide Covid-19 mass vaccination programme on January 13, the country's health minister said on Tuesday, as the world's fourth most populous country battles the worst coronavirus outbreak in Southeast Asia.