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Decision on AstraZeneca vaccine in two weeks, says Khairy

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The government will decide on whether Malaysia can continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine or not at the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) meeting in two weeks time. Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said during the meeting, the government would scrutinise any additional information to be tabled by the panel of experts from the Health Ministry before making any decision. He said the government took note of the report from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) confirming for the first time that there was a link between the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clotting cases.

Malaysia to review use of AstraZeneca vaccine following EMA findings

Malaysia to review use of AstraZeneca vaccine following EMA findings 08 Apr 2021 / 13:01 H. -Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will review the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the country following the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) findings that unusual blood clots with low blood platelets should be listed as very rare side effects of the vaccine. Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin (pix) said the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) will deliberate on the matter. “We take note of EMA’s announcement on the AstraZeneca vaccine. JKJAV will deliberate on the matter and decide if we will go ahead with using AZ (AstraZeneca) in our portfolio of vaccines. Safety is paramount,” he said in his tweet today.

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