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.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is offering 57,093 appointment slots for senior citizens with comorbidities to receive free influenza vaccinations.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Former Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has been awarded RM2.5 million in damages in a defamation lawsuit he filed against Mohd Rasyiq Mohd Alwi, also known as Ustaz Abu Syafiq, over social media posts related to the Covid-19 vaccine made three years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) prequalified a new dengue vaccine TAK-003 on May 10.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Blogger ‘Sang Kelembai’ pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to a charge of making an offensive post about vaccine procurement matters on his Facebook page four years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 14 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has recommended a third booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine especially for vulnerable and high-risk groups following the recent increase in cases.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — The Shah Alam High Court today dismissed two judicial review applications filed by five school teachers and 19 Universiti Malaya (UM) staff against the government’s circular that made it compulsory for them to undergo vaccination against the Covid -19 virus.

MASSACHUSETTS, Aug 18 — Moderna said yesterday initial study data showed its updated Covid-19 vaccine is effective against the Eris and Fornax subvariants in humans.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Malaysia will receive 2.7 million doses of the new generation (bivalent) Covid-19 vaccines as a replacement for the almost expired stock that is being kept by the Ministry of Health (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The public’s response to the Covid-19 vaccine booster dose is still unsatisfactory, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

PORT KLANG, Feb 18 — The Selangor government will ensure that the welfare of the 89 families expected to be affected by the East Coast Rail Link Project (ECRL) project will be taken care of.

By Siti Rohaizah Zainal SHAH ALAM, Feb 11 — A total of 15 Selcare Clinics and The KL Clinic are offering free Covid-19 booster shots. The Selgate Corporation Group chief executive officer has invited the public to get their booster doses at a clinic nearby. "Free booster shots are still...

By Diana Abd Wahab SHAH ALAM, Dec 13 — Senior citizens aged 60 and above in Subang Jaya are entitled to free pneumococcal and influenza vaccination this Saturday. Its state assemblyman Michelle Ng Mei Sze said a total of 1,000 vaccines doses will be provided during the Selcare Vaccination...

SHAH ALAM, Dec 5 — The number of daily dengue cases in Selangor has increased at an alarming rate since the end of the Movement Control Order (MCO) as the social sector is now open as usual, the State Legislative Assembly was told today.

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini SHAH ALAM, Nov 30 — The invention of Covid-19 vaccines requires strong financial support from the Federal government due to their high-cost and it is beyond the state government’s capability. State executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said the...

LOS ANGELES, Sept 1 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorised updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that target Omicron subvariants.

BRUSSELS, June 29 — The first batch of 5,300 vaccine doses against monkeypox purchased by the European Commission's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) was delivered to Spain on Tuesday, a Commission spokesperson has said.

PHNOM PENH, June 9 — Cambodia started providing the fifth dose of Covid-19 vaccines to priority groups across the country on Thursday, the Health Ministry's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said.

HANOI, June 8 — Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, is considering injecting the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccines to vulnerable adults or those whose jobs put them at high risk of exposure to the virus, starting this month.

LOS ANGELES, May 24 — Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said Monday that preliminary clinical data showed their three-dose Covid-19 vaccine regimen was 80 per cent effective for children 6 months to 5 years old at preventing illness during the Omicron wave.