News about AstraZeneca

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The method of ‘first come, first served’ used for the  AstraZeneca vaccine in the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, should also be applied to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

CANBERRA (May 6): Australia's medical regulator has linked five new cases of blood clotting to the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, Xinhua news agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 5): The reason why those who have registered for the AstraZeneca vaccine did not receive notice of appointments is because their identity card numbers did not match those registered via the MySejahtera application.

PUTRAJAYA (May 3): The roll-out of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be expanded and maintained under the voluntary programme after all 268,000 appointment slots were snapped in just over three hours yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): An overwhelming response to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine registration process saw the system being jammed up in the initial hour, and the entire 268,000 slots taken up in about three hours.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 1): Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents who want to take the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be able to book their slots from noon tomorrow on a "first click, first served" basis.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): The government will not include the AstraZeneca vaccine under the National Covid-19 immunisation programme, said coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KANGAR (April 27): Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin will convene further discussions with Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba on the use of AstraZeneca vaccine.

PUTRAJAYA (April 27): The number of blood clot or thrombosis cases after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine jab is low and rare, said the Health Ministry's (MOH) Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Selection Sub-Committee (JKKPCV) chairman, Dr Kalaiarasu M Periasamy.

PUTRAJAYA (April 26): The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, and it will be administered to senior citizens, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.