Mixed reaction from parents to vaccinations for kids
MUKAH: Parents have expressed their concerns over the government’s recent decision to vaccinate children below 12 years old given that even adults are not completely protected after their immunisation. While most parents are supportive because they view that the administration of the vaccine provides some protection, others are sceptical. Researchers in the USA found that […]
Sinovac recipients need booster more than others, says expert
KUCHING: Booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine should be made optional except for those who have received the Sinovac vaccine as their first and second doses. In saying this, a medical scientist who wishes to remain anonymous explained that this was because various published studies abroad and unpublished local studies suggest that the antibody production […]
Booster shots for their own good: Academic
KUCHING: The government’s March 1 deadline for individuals to take the Covid-19 booster shots as a condition for them to be considered fully vaccinated is fair, said an academic. Dr Helmy Hazmi, an Associate Professor attached to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, said this was in the interest of not […]
Miri eyes six months to complete vaccination
MIRI: Health authorities here are hoping to vaccinate all 21,686 students aged five to 11 within the next six months. The Covid-19 vaccination effort began on Monday (Feb 7) under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Kids (PICKids). Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lim Kin Shin said the programme got off the ground smoothly at the […]
Offer people choice of vaccine types: Tiong
KUCHING: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has been urged to offer the people the freedom to choose the COVID-19 vaccine of their choice. Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing argued that given the number of new positive cases reaching more than 10,000 in the country, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin should not […]
Vaccines for children arrive in Miri
MIRI: The Miri Division Health Office has received an initial supply of Pfizer vaccines on Jan 29 for the National Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) here that is scheduled to begin on Monday, Feb 7. A fraction of the supplies was distributed to health clinics in rural areas that had a medical officer on Jan […]
Monitor vaxxed children, parents told
KUCHING: Parents are advised to monitor their children for a few days after they have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said this precaution should be taken in case of side effects or other issues which could occur. “It is our […]
Gutsy Ivann, 10, is first under 12 vaccine recipient
KUCHING: His determination to be vaccinated has made Ivann Muammar Imaan Andy, the first child under 12 in Sarawak to receive the Pfizer vaccine for children. The eldest brother of the three siblings was among 30 children who were vaccinated in conjunction with the launch of the Children’s COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICKids) at the CRC […]
Some four million children to be inoculated
KUCHING: Some four million children aged between five and 12 would receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The federal Health Minister was speaking to the media at the launch of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) at Tunku Azizah Hospital in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Feb 3). 0.2ml — one-third of […]
517,107 kids registered for Covid-19 vaccine
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 517,107 kids aged five to 11 years in the country have been registered for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine by their parents up to Tuesday (Feb 1), said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. In his tweet today, he said the figure was about 15 per cent of the total cohorts of 3.6 […]
