Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2)
News and events at the KLIA / klia2 airports
22 February 2021 It was the most nerve-racking hour in Captain Hamdan Che Ismail’s (pic) 29-year career in the aviation industry as he navigated flight MH604 carrying the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from Singapore to Malaysia. Besides flying the plane, Hamdan needed to ensure that the correct temperature was maintained in the aircraft at … Continue reading Nerve-racking hour flying in vaccines to Malaysia
22 February 2021 The Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) will use the TracVirus application (app) to obtain data and monitor all individuals entering the country, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions), Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof. He said the use of the application developed by local company, Tri-G Technologies Sdn Bhd … Continue reading Malaysian Civil Defence Force to use TracVirus app to monitor those entering country, says minister
22 February 2021 A YEAR after Covid-19 broke out, the vaccine of the deadly virus, which has killed over 1,000 people in Malaysia, has finally arrived. Carried by the national flag carrier’s cargo arm — MABkargo Sdn Bhd using an Airbus 330-300 aircraft — the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment touched down at the Kuala Lumpur International … Continue reading The vaccine is here
21 February 2021 The challenges behind the special flight carrying the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), this morning were related by MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) chief executive officer Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh. He said among the challenges faced in handling the Covid-19 vaccine included vaccine management procedures that required … Continue reading MASkargo CEO relates challenges behind flying first batch of Covid-19 vaccine home
21 February 2021 Sarawak is expected to receive its first batch of the highly-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine on Feb 24 following the arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) today. Sarawak Local Government and Housing Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the first phase of the vaccine programme in … Continue reading Sarawak’s first batch of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive on Feb 24
21 February 2021 From “door-to-door” and “in just three days” services, DHL Express successfully delivered the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Malaysia today. The express service provider worked with Malaysia Aviation Group’s cargo subsidiary, MABkargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) to fly the vaccines in and subsequently arranged for them to be sent directly to designated … Continue reading DHL Express delivers first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Malaysia
21 February 2021 The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is providing security escort for every movement of Covid-19 vaccine that arrives in the country, said the Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (Operations) deputy director Datuk Azri Ahmad. For the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine today, a total of 150 … Continue reading Police provide security escort for Covid-19 vaccine movement — Bukit Aman
21 February 2021 The arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Malaysia today marks a new dawn in the country’s fight against Covid-19, as it offers hope that the people will again join forces in a bid to end the pandemic. Describing the arrival of the vaccine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) as a … Continue reading Arrival of vaccine marks new dawn in battle against Covid-19 — Noor Hisham
21 February 2021 A total of 571,802 frontliners have registered to receive the Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, says Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin. He said of the total, 57.3% were medical and health personnel, with 39.8% being from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the remaining 17.5% comprising other medical … Continue reading 571,802 frontliners have registered for Covid-19 immunisation — Khairy
21 February 2021 Malaysia has now joined the global community in a more intense fight against the coronavirus with the first arrival today of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that will set into motion the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. This first batch of 312,390 doses of the long-awaited vaccine arrived in Malaysia from Singapore, the hub for … Continue reading Malaysia gets vaccine to boost fight against Covid-19
