Sanofi halts work on anti-Covid vaccine
PARIS: France’s pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, which has lagged rivals in producing new generation Covid-19 vaccines, said Tuesday it had decided to halt development of an mRNA candidate and focus on another vaccine against coronavirus. Despite positive results at phase one and two trials, the candidate will not go to the third and final phase, Sanofi […]
Up to 150,000 unreported Covid-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh
THERE could be up to 150,000 unreported Covid-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City as cases detected through rapid tests were not included in official tallies. The city’s Department of Health has proposed that the Health Ministry update the national Covid-19 monitoring system as only results from RT-PCR tests are included in the tally. According […]
Medical equipment in hospitals not being optimally managed, A-G’s report finds
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — The implementation of continuous maintenance programmes without setting an optimal period for the use of hospital medical equipment by the Ministry of Health (MoH) can be financially detrimental to the government. According to the Auditor-General’s Report 2019 Series 2, this is because the maintenance cost has exceeded the cost of […]
Dewan Rakyat: Over 50,000 inmates, prison staff and families infected with Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR: A total 51,123 Covid-19 cases were reported at prisons nationwide involving inmates, prison staff and their families, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Mohamed Said said the cumulative cases included nine new-borns in prisons. “The Home Ministry is committed in ensuring prisoners, staff and all our clients, […]
Wrong-way drivers caused 807 accidents since January, Dr Wee tells Dewan Rakyat
KUALA LUMPUR: Based on Home Ministry data, there were 807 accidents involving vehicles going against the flow of traffic since January this year, Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong told the Dewan Rakyat. The Transport Minister was responding to a question from Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (PH-Ledang) during Ministers’ Question Time on Tuesday (Sept 28). […]
Covid-19: Nearly 94% of adult population has received at least one vaccine dose
PETALING JAYA: A total of 21,968,698 people (or 93.8% of Malaysia’s adult population) has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine as of Monday (Sept 27), says Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV). It also said, in a series of tweets on Tuesday (Sept 28), that 84.4% of the adult population, or […]
