KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): Malaysia will decide whether to proceed with using the AstraZeneca vaccine for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme after getting the European Medicines Agency s (EMA) findings on the vaccine.
Coordinating Minister for the Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said the report by the European Union agency will determine whether there is a causal link between the use of the vaccine and thrombosis or blood clots.
“We will determine whether or not to go ahead with it, or we go ahead with it (but) with caution,” he said at the ASEAN Healthcare Webinar 2021 organised by CARI ASEAN Research and Advocacy and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council here today.
06 Apr 2021 / 18:00 H.
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (
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He said this was decided at the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee meeting today.
“The use of the AstraZeneca vaccine will continue because clinical data available still points to benefits rather than harms,” he told reporters at the signing of a Note of Cooperation between the Health Ministry (MOH) and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) here today.
Dr Adham said that the MOH takes note of reported adverse effects and cases of thrombocytopenia.
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A medical worker speaks to a man under observation after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, at Sunway Medical Centre in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, Mar 12, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng)
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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will continue to use the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country s COVID-19 vaccination programme, said health minister Adham Baba.
Dr Adham said the decision was made at the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee s meeting on Tuesday (Apr 6).
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