SHAH ALAM, July 10 — The Selangor government is taking a cautious stance on the dengue vaccine, and will monitor its use and impact before launching any initiatives.

KULIM, Feb 9 — The National Influenza Immunisation Programme for senior citizens is set to begin on February 18.

CAMBRIDGE, July 1 — AstraZeneca said today the European Union’s drug regulator accepted a market authorisation application for its investigational Covid-19 prevention drug, sipavibart, for an accelerated assessment.

PUCHONG, May 21 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will administer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to 719,236 female students.

PUTRAJAYA, May 31 – Beginning tomorrow (June 1) till May 31, 2024, children aged between four and five, born between 2018 and 2019, will be able to get free pneumococcal vaccinations at all Ministry of Health (MoH) primary health facilities.

SHAH ALAM, April 27 — The Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax) 2023 will soon be offering 20,000 doses of Covid-19 and 10,000 doses of pneumococcal vaccines to senior citizens for free in conjunction with World Immunisation Week, which was celebrated from April 24 to 30 this year.

SEMPORNA, June 16 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is tracing cases of babies or children dropping out of immunisation during the Movement Control Order (MCO) to reschedule the required jabs, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Phase Two of the Construction Industry Vaccination Programme (CIVac) which will kick off on Aug 5 will involve 55,000 construction workers in Penang and Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — A total of 6,301,727 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — Over six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as of June 21, said Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — With only 18.9 per cent or 27,276 individuals from 144,180 Orang Asli aged 18 and above registered for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK), the Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) is pooling all resources to make PICK a success among the indigenous community.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — A total of 1,612,974 individuals have received both doses of their COVID-19 vaccine jabs as of yesterday, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 — A total of 5,675,002 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as of June 19.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Over five million Covid-19 vaccine doses, comprising both first and second shots, have been administered nationwide as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The daily vaccination tally of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme showed a positive trend as it continued to surpass the target of 200,000 doses per day, with another 204,839 doses administered yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — A total of 215,876 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine was dispensed yesterday, surpassing the 200,000 daily target set by the government under the the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme has recorded the highest daily tally of vaccination yesterday with the dispensing of 197,963 doses, fast approaching the government’s target of 200,000 doses per day.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Up to 609,539 people completed taking the second dose of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said today.

PUTRAJAYA, April 29 — Senior citizens who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 are reminded to continue observing the standard operating procedure (SOP), as they can still be infected with the virus, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA, April 27 — The government has spent almost RM2.8 trillion on national immunisation programmes for Malaysians since 1957, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.