Covid-19: CITF recommends boosters for all aged 18 and above; Sinovac, AZ can now be used

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Technical Working Committee (TWG) under the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force-Booster (CITF-B) has recommended booster doses for all residents of Malaysia aged 18 and above.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the vaccines that will be used are Comirnaty , AstraZeneca and CoronaVac with priority given according to an"age step down" approach, frontliners, individuals with comorbidity, pregnant women and those who need to travel abroad.

"For individuals who cannot take Comirnaty or AstraZeneca vaccines as a booster, the CoronaVac vaccine can be administered, nonetheless they have to inform the vaccination centre to receive the vaccine," he said in a statement on Wednesday. Khairy said for the recipients of other vaccines such as Comirnaty, Spikevax and Convidecia , Covilo and Janssen , they are recommended to receive the Comirnaty vaccine as the booster dose for all ages or AstraZeneca vaccine for individuals aged 50 and above.

He said the booster dose would be dispensed at private medical facilities or off-site private health facilities and the booster dose is also administered at selected health clinics and government hospitals as well as outreach centres.

 

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