
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has reminded the Malaysian public that all senior citizens aged 60 years and above as well as recipients aged 18 years and above of the full dose of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, need to take the booster shot to maintain their ‘complete vaccination’ status before March 1, 2022.
According to him, there are one million senior citizens, or 32% of them in the country, who have yet to take their Covid-19 vaccine booster dose.
He reiterated that a booster dose provides protection against Covid-19 infection especially from severe complications.

“Since they insist on getting Sinovac although we encouraged getting Pfizer and AstraZeneca booster shots with better efficacy, we will allow them to have Sinovac for their booster.
“Any booster is better than no booster. We still have some in stock and will provide them on a first-come, first-served basis.”
Khairy pointed…