Some states are already allowing it, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

Number of jabs given fall below 400,000 for second day in a row.

No appointment required for this group at vaccination centres beginning today.

Dr S. Subramaniam says government should consider testing booster shots on recipients of China-made vaccine.

Former prime minister says meagre payment reason private clinics reluctant to administer jabs.

Joint purchasing scheme has sent to 27 member states 330 million BioNTech-Pfizer, 100 million AstraZeneca, 50 million Moderna and 20 million Johnson & Johnson shots.

Ixchia approved for people 18 and over who are at increased risk of exposure, FDA says.

Health officials also recommend that Americans aged 60 and older get inoculated against the respiratory syncytial virus.

Drugmaker says strain may be more capable of infecting those previously immunised.

They are developed by Oxford University and the Jenner Institute in Britain.

FDA also authorises giving the vaccine to people under the age of 18.

Anyone can get and spread monkeypox but many cases have been found in men who have sex with men.

Hanoi aims to become the first global commercial exporter of the jab.

40,418 doses dispensed yesterday.