Health

The interdistrict and interstate travel ban is likely to continue until at least 70% of the population is vaccinated, says Director General of Health

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The inter-state and district travel ban may continue until at least 70% of the population has been vaccinated against Covid-19, says Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said a lesson could be learned from the decision to re-allow interstate travel on Dec. 7, which resulted …

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2,253 new cases, increase in Perak

[ad_1] COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 2,253 new cases of Covid-19 at noon today, of which seven cases are imported from abroad. Most cases are still concentrated in the Klang Valley (755 cases; 33.5 percent), but there has also been an increase in cases in Perak (545 cases; …

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AstraZeneca, Sputnik vaccines face hurdles if COVID injections become an annual affair

[ad_1] ZURICH (Reuters) – Vaccines from AstraZeneca, Russia’s Gamaleya Institute and Johnson & Johnson fight the coronavirus with another virus, leaving scientists concerned that the vaccines could lose potency if annual vaccines become necessary to combat the new variants. So-called viral vector injections, also used by several Chinese COVID-19 vaccine …

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Police will crack down on fake news about the Covid vaccine

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR, February 25: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) will open an investigation document if there are people spreading false news objecting to the COVID-19 vaccine injection. Police Deputy Inspector General Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani (pix) said the investigative document would be opened if the police received …

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