TUARAN, April 4 Malaysia will continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as the incidents involving the vaccine are rare and thus the benefits outweigh the risks, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. However, Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia needs to be more careful.
It will continue, there is no reason why we should stop it, said the Health director-general.
He was asked about Malaysia’s plan to decide on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine following cases of blood clots and deaths in the United Kingdom.
Dr Noor Hisham said there were reports of adverse effects from some countries using the vaccine.
He said they have put on hold the usage of the vaccine for a while to look into the link between blood clots and its side effects. Looking into the incidents, they are very rare, the benefits outweigh the risks. Nonetheless, we must be very careful on the use of AstraZeneca, he told reporters after visiting the Tuaran district hospital about 40km from here on Sunday (April 4).
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Health director-genera Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been conferred an honorary doctorate in Leadership in Public Health in conjunction with the 48th convocation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
The scroll was presented to him by UKM chancellor Tuanku Muhriz Almarhum Tuanku Munawir on Saturday (April 3).
In Twitter post, Dr Noor Hisham thanked the Negri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir for presenting him the award,
He regarded the award as recognition of the commitment and dedication of educators at UKM and all health workers. My appreciation and gratitude to UKM and its faculty of medicine for this award. As an alumnus of UKM in 1988 and 1994, I am also proud to see the success achieved by graduates who received their degrees at this convocation ceremony, which is held under the new normal circumstances, he said.
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