News about AstraZeneca

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Malaysia's Drug Control Authority (DCA) has given conditional approval to the Covid-19 vaccines from Sinovac and AstraZeneca to be used as booster shots, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): AstraZeneca has delivered an additional 604,100 doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for use in Malaysia to support the country’s ongoing battle against the pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) has agreed to shorten the dosing interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine to nine weeks from 12 weeks.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Malaysia's vaccination rate hit a new high this week, with more than 200,000 daily shots given out for three straight days, compared with just between 60,000 and 197,000 shots previously, as the country's vaccination plan speeds up.

PETALING JAYA (June 11): I had my first AZ jab in IDCC, Shah Alam on June 9 at 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): A total of 154,866 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday (June 9) — the highest so far — and also marked the second consecutive day the country breached the 150,000 level, according to latest data from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): Due to the good response of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the next batch of it will no longer be available on a voluntary opt-in basis.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): Some applicants who could not fully complete their AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine application yesterday woke up to appointments today in their MySejahtera apps.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 26): The second round of registration for the AstraZeneca vaccine shots is now closed, according to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply in a Twitter post today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): The registration for the second round AstraZeneca opt-in vaccination programme is now only open to senior citizens aged 60 and above, said the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).