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Moderna confirms having been notified of cases of particulate matter being seen in drug product vials of its COVID-19 vaccine.

This year, a box set of a syringe and two vaccine vials made of paper are among the fastest-selling items for the Hungry Ghost festival.

Unopened, thawed vials of the vaccine can be stored in a refrigerator at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius for up to a month.

Dr Adham says the remaining vials from the first batch will also be used at PPVs this month.

The agency also revised the number of doses per vial from its currently available vials to a maximum of 11 doses from 10.

Malaysia has returned a total of 585 damaged vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the manufacturer.

The practice has raised debate over medical safety and commercial concerns from the manufacturers who charge by the dose.

The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech is shipped in vials initially indicated to hold five doses.

Moderna is proposing filling vials with additional doses of vaccine, up to 15 doses versus the current 10 doses.

The difficulty in obtaining that sixth dose in practice means many countries are at loggerheads with Pfizer and facing a drop in supply.

The European Union was asked on Tuesday to allow an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech to be taken from each vial.

Pharmacists were throwing away one in every six doses of the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines in the US due to labelling confusion.

Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam told parliament that only 2,000 vials of the 8,000 vials of rabies vaccine in the stockpile had been used.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.