KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has welcomed the government's initiative to provide free influenza vaccination for senior citizens and looks forward to its successful implementation.

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

NEW YORK, Nov 2 — A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the northern Gaza Strip is set to resume on Saturday after being postponed over escalating violence, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, Sept 13 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the approval of the MVA-BN vaccine, developed by Bavarian Nordic A/S, as the first-ever mpox vaccine to be added to its prequalification list, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, Sept 13 — The first round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip is nearing completion, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday, with more than 552,000 children having received their first dose of the oral vaccine.

CAIRO/GAZA, Aug 31 — Israeli strikes on Saturday killed at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health authorities said, as clashes took place in central and southern areas of the enclave ahead of the planned start of a polio vaccination campaign.

GAZA CITY, Aug 30 — Palestine Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan announced today that a polio vaccination campaign for children under the age of 10 will begin in Gaza on Sunday.

BALING, May 10 — The government is committed to offering continued care for individuals who have received the Covid-19 vaccine, including those administered with AstraZeneca, and who may have encountered side effects.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 2 — The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) has channelled funds totalling RM33 million to implement 13 vaccine research projects from 2021 until September this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The initiative of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to provide free tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (TDAP) combination vaccine to pregnant women starting next year, is a preparedness measure to protect vulnerable groups, including babies, from contracting pertussis (whooping cough).

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.

By Zareef Muzammil SHAH ALAM, Jan 12 — The Selangor government is looking at making wearing face masks and maintaining physical distance mandatory again in the event of a spike in Covid-19 cases in the state. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the state also plans to make using the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — A former soldier today failed in his application to challenge the decision by the authorities to terminate his service from the Malaysian Army after he refused to be given the Covid-19 vaccination.

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Dec 5 — Some 14.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered to the people of Selangor as of October 15, says Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. He said 4.3 million of the adult recipients in Selangor received the complete dose of the Covid-19...

SINGAPORE, Aug 24 — Singapore is preparing to start boosting children aged five to 11 years with PfizerBioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine in the fourth quarter of this year, the Health Ministry said today.

SINGAPORE, Aug 24 — Covid-19 vaccination will continue to be a condition for the approval of all new applications for long-term passes and work passes in Singapore, the Health Ministry (MOH) said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — A total of 1.76 million or 49.8 per cent of children aged between five and 11 in the country have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

PUTRAJAYA, July 29 — Avisena Healthcare Sdn Bhd (Avisena) today administered influenza vaccines to approximately 560 students and employees of Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah (SAS) Putrajaya here, via its influenza vaccination outreach programme, as one of its efforts to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination, which can indirectly curb the spread of influenza virus infection in schools.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — A total of 1,299,348 children aged five to 11, or 36.6 per cent of the child population in the country have been fully vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids), as of yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 — For the first time since December 18, 2020, Malaysia reported zero deaths due to Covid-19, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.