A vaccine visa to allow travel between countries
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): Malaysia is already “working on” a vaccine visa that will allow vaccinated people to skip the mandatory quarantine when crossing borders, The Edge reported in its latest issue.
Selection panel head says no direct links proven between Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and elderly Norwegian deaths — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): The deaths of 23 elderly Norwegians have not been proved to be caused by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 that they received, said the chief of the Vaccine Selection Technical Working Group (TWG).
Covid-19 vaccination: Malaysians working in Singapore thrilled with taking the jab
SINGAPORE (Jan 17): A number of Malaysians working in Singapore have started receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Khairy explains Malaysia's vaccine procurement process, delivery schedule
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): As two of Malaysia's closest neighbours, Singapore and Indonesia, kicked off their vaccination programmes, Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin wrote a blog post to give an update on what Malaysia's vaccine procurement process is like — why it is not slow in getting its vaccines — and the delivery schedule that Malaysians can expect.
Phase 3 clinical study of Covid-19 vaccine from China to begin on Jan 21 in nine hospitals, says PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): Malaysia will undertake the Phase 3 clinical study of a Covid-19 vaccine developed in China beginning Jan 21 in nine public hospitals under the Ministry of Health (MoH), according to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Yong Tai inks deal with Tiong Nam for Covid-19 vaccine distribution
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): Yong Tai Bhd, which last month proposed the development of a China-based company’s Covid-19 vaccine in Malaysia, today signed up with Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd to provide distribution services for the vaccine.
Covid-19: Indonesia to roll out mass vaccination program on Jan 13
JAKARTA (Jan 5): Indonesia will start its Covid-19 mass vaccination program from Jan 13, President Joko Widodo will be receiving the first shot, reported Channel NewsAsia.
Covid-19 vaccine safe, no long-term side effects — MOSTI
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has stressed that the Covid-19 vaccine will not cause long-term harmful side effects on people’s health.
MoH says will try to cut evaluation time for Pfizer's vaccine to grant conditional approval before March
PUTRAJAYA (Dec 24): The Ministry of Health (MoH) is seeking to reduce the time needed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to less than 90 days, so a conditional approval for the drug may be granted before next March.
Malaysia needs 90 to 120 days just to check Pfizer's vaccine? Are you kidding DG?
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): The Covid-19 vaccine produced by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will have to go through a five-phase evaluation process in Malaysia before it can be approved for use by the public, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told reporters yesterday.
