Delta variant in Pasir Puteh may have spread to other districts – JKNK

KOTA BHARU, Aug 2 — The Kelantan Health Department (JKNK) believes the Delta Variant reported in Pasir Puteh may have spread to several districts such as Bachok and Tanah Merah,…

JKNS receives 7,000 HAT kits for COVID-19 patients

— The Selangor government today handed over 7,000 home assessment tool (HAT) kits to State Health Department (JKNS) director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman.State Public Health, Unity, Women and Family Development Committee chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud in…

Latest count of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia

The following are the updates on COVID-19 figures in Malaysia and its Southeast Asian neighbours as at 6 pm today.Data provided by Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John Hopkins University and some of the countries in the region.Case…

Walk-in vaccination for senior citizens in Penang from Aug 2

— Starting Aug 2 and 3, senior citizens in Penang can walk into four vaccination centres (PPV) that have been identified to receive their COVID-19 vaccine, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said.Chow said the decision was made through the state-level COVID…

FDA Asks Moderna, Pfizer to Add More Children to COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Studies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Pfizer and Moderna to increase the number of school-age children in their ongoing clinical trials to determine if their COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children under 12 years old.The two drug makers are c…

CDC Recommends Indoor Masks Again, Even for Some Vaccinated People

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends vaccinated people in certain parts of the country wear masks while indoors, reversing a decision the agency made two months ago. In another reversal, the CDC also now recommends t…

COVID: Over 40,000 Orang Asli in Perak targeted to be vaccinated by year end

— The Perak and Kedah Orang Asli Development Department (JAKOA) is targeting 42,363 Orang Asli in Perak to receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this year.Its director Harulnizam Abd Rahman said so far a total of 2,181 Orang …