Malaysia is maintaining the six-month booster interval for now, except three months for Sinovac recipients, while a new booster interval will be announced for the immunocompromised next week.
Prof Adeeba Kamarulzaman estimates harm reduction programmes to decrease new HIV infections in Malaysia by 87% and save RM209.5 million in health care costs from 2013 to 2023.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the new Act will enable more comprehensive controls of new emerging smoking products that are increasingly taken up by young people.
Dr Voon Pei Jye from Sarawak General Hospital notes that there are very limited Malaysian Phase One oncology clinical trials published in international journals from 2011 to 2020.
Amirudin Shari also announced an allocation of RM200,000 under the state’s 2022 budget for eye screening of schoolchildren in Selangor after a year of virtual learning.