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16% of Malaysians aged 60 and above are living with cognitive decline in 2024.

Individuals aged 60 and above who meet the criteria for the COVID-19 vaccine second booster dose will receive a booking link in stages starting today via the MySejahtera application.

Individuals aged 60 and above with high-risk comorbidities have been advised to obtain their second booster dose vaccination as recommended by the Health Ministry (MOH).

Individuals aged 60 and above with high-risk comorbidities are now given the option of getting a second booster dose with an interval of at least four to six months after the date of the first booster

MOH will be starting to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to senior citizens aged 60 and above and frontliners who have completed vaccination at least six months ago.

Walk-in vaccination for senior citizens aged 60 and above will be extended throughout the country from next week, said PICK Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Individuals aged 60 and above in the Klang Valley will soon be allowed to walk into a vaccination centre (PPV) and get their COVID-19 jab.

The second phase kicked off today and will last until August this year involving 9.4 million senior citizens, aged 60 and above.

The registration campaign needed to be intensified as people aged 60 and above and individuals with comorbidities made up only 30 per cent of the seven million people who had registered.

Germany will limit the use of AstraZeneca's AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 60 and above as well as high-priority groups.

Volunteers aged 60 and above are being sought by the Health Ministry (MOH) to participate in phase three clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Geriatric medicine focuses on the treatment of elderly patients aged 60 and above, to improve the quality of life and well-being.

Statistics on death due to COVID-19 showed that 62.6 percent of them were aged 60 and above, which is the age group with high risk of getting complications.

Dr Noor Hisham said the COVID-19 death statistics recorded so far showed that 62.6 per cent of fatalities involved those aged 60 and above.

The bill, which was in the midst of a final review, is crucial as the country prepares to face old age status by 2030 when the population, aged 60 and above, reaches 15% out of the total population.

The coronation of Britain's King Charles cost taxpayers GBP72 million (US$90 million), official accounts have revealed.

A married couple and a man were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 51.974 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine.

The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.

The State Assemblyman for Sungai Bakap, Abidin Ismail, was sworn in today at the State Assembly building, Lebuh Light.

A cadet officer at UPNM pleaded not guilty to a charge of injuring his junior by stomping on the victim's stomach with spike boots.

The indictment was unsealed on Nov. 20, prompting a $27 billion plunge in Adani Group companies' market value.

Several countries have already vowed to curb social media use by children through legislation, but Australia's policy could become one of the most stringent.

Bondi was the top law enforcement officer of the country's third most populous state from 2011 to 2019, and served on Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.

At 8 am, the local currency climbed to 4.4600/4700 against the greenback.