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Kelantan plans to inoculate upper secondary school students mid-September

KOTA BARU: The Kelantan state government is expected to start inoculating students, aged 17 and 18 with the Covid-19 vaccines, beginning mid-September.

Nearly 57% of adults fully vaccinated

Jemilah: With Delta, Impossible To Achieve Zero Covid

Dr Jemilah Mahmood proposes highly localised measures to curb Covid-19 outbreaks, as the highly transmissible Delta variant is unlikely to be fully contained.

JKJAV: 27 Covid-19 vaccination centres in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor have shut down

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — The special committee on ensuring access to Covid-19 vaccines (JKJAV) has revealed that a total of 27 vaccination centres (PPV) including Mega PPVs in the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor have stopped operations.…

Malaysia's health ministry uses TikTok to raise vaccine awareness

The campaign hopes to address vaccine hesitancy and key concerns Malaysian have by featuring informative live streams from public health experts and healthcare professionals.

Sabah’s vaccination drive hits speed bump on slow supply, say sources

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 24 — Efforts to expedite vaccinations in Sabah to combat the resurgent Covid-19 have hit an obstacle as its supply of vaccines was dwindling and new supplies from peninsular Malaysia have not come as scheduled,…

Delay reopening schools - vaccinate teens first, says MP

Covid deaths double in Kelantan after Aidiladha

Kuala Lumpur ranks 32nd on Safe Cities Index 2021, slightly better than in 2019 | Malay Mail

PETALING JAYA, Aug 23 — Kuala Lumpur made it to the 32nd place among 60 other cities in the Safe Cities Index 2021 released today by The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU), improving slightly from the 35th position it occupied…

Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers dip for fourth day straight with 17,672 cases today

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — Malaysia’s Covid-19 numbers trended downwards for the fourth day in a row as the Health Ministry recorded 17,672 new cases today. A tweet by the Ministry of Health revealed the new figure as daily case numb…

Fix ‘sick’ hospital project in Bera, PM told

Johor Sultan: 779 teachers refusing Covid jabs putting those around them in danger | Malay Mail

JOHOR BARU, Aug 23 — Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar today took issue with the 779 teachers rejecting Covid-19 vaccination, saying the latter’s refusal not only jeopardises their own lives, but that of their families,…

More than 55% of adults in Malaysia fully vaccinated as at Aug 22; total administered dose at 31.28 mil - The Edge Markets

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23): More than 55% of the adult population in Malaysia have been fully vaccinated as of yesterday (Aug 22), amounting to 13.02 million individuals, according to the latest updates on Twitter today by the country…

'Health clinics can take over the job'

KUALA LUMPUR: The shuttering and relocation of a number of Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPV) in the Klang Valley, including the Health Ministry’s klinik kesihatan (health clinics), will not pose too much problem as these clinics…

GPs left standing high and dry — HH Lim

AUGUST 22 — I’m not going to mince my words. I thought clowns are only found in circuses but no, they are also found in those managing the national Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF). After a hullabaloo and announcing that t…

Covid-19: 1.7% of new cases on Sunday (Aug 22) are from categories three, four and five, says Health DG

PETALING JAYA: Out of the 19,807 new cases on Sunday (Aug 22), 343 cases or 1.7% were from categories three, four and five, says the Health Ministry.

GPs' role in future vaccinations being considered, says CITF

Health ministry: Purchase of six million vaccine doses shows PM’s commitment to fight pandemic | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — The purchase of an additional six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine shows Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s commitment and concern in ensuring that the government finds a way to fight the pand…

Daily Covid-19 cases drop below 20k

KUALA LUMPUR: Daily Covid-19 cases dipped below the 20,000 mark for the first time in five days, with 19,807 new infections recorded as of noon today.

Postgrad pathways for doctors

TO become medical specialists in Malaysia, doctors typically either enrol for a master of medicine (MMed) programme at a local university or opt for the parallel pathway.Whichever choice they make, there are a set of requirements…

Some Klang Valley PPV to wind down

PETALING JAYA: A number of vaccination centres (PPV) in the Klang Valley will gradually close starting tomorrow as a large proportion of the residents have been fully vaccinated following the launch of Operation Surge Capacity.

Fully vaccinated: Number of passengers based on vehicle capacity

The total number of passengers in a vehicle for those who have completed two-dose vaccination is now according to the seating capacity of a vehicle in

Covid-19: 22,262 cases on Saturday, death toll almost 14,000

Covid-19 cases in Malaysia remain above 20,000 with a total 22,262 positive cases detected as of noon today. This brought the cumulative number of

Ending vaccinations at GPs against my advice, says Noor Hisham