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Rollout of Covid-19 Booster Shots Met with Scepticism by Johor MP Who Urges For More Research

today27 October 2021

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Khairy: Sarawak to start administering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in October | The Edge Markets
source: The Edge Markets

In case you missed it, Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin announced that Covid-19 booster doses will be expanded to individuals who have received their complete Sinovac vaccinations.

It will be administered for free under the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme (NIP).

According to him, “They will be given the Cominarty vaccines, through heterologous vaccination (mixing vaccines).

“As a start, the booster dose will be given to individuals aged 60 and above, based on the recommendations by the World Health Organisation’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (Sage) on Immunisation, which met on Oct 4 to 7, 2021.”

Eligible individuals will be notified through their MySejahtera application or through SMS.

This is how it will look like on the app:

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Written by: Ameera Rosli


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