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Health DG: Msia to continue the use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Apr 05, 2021

Malaysia will continue to use the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as the benefits outweigh the reported adverse effects.

The Health Ministry reiterated this following cases of blood clots and deaths in the UK.

It also explained that some countries decided to put it on hold to look into the link between blood clots and its side effects.

Meanwhile, the government has drawn up several backup plans in the event the AstraZeneca vaccine has to be put on hold.

Minister in-charge of the vaccination Khairy Jamaluddin says they received an offer from Pfizer-BioNTech to add another 12.8 million doses, in addition to what we have
ordered, which is about 30 million doses.

The Health Ministry recorded 1,349 Covid-19 cases yesterday along with 2 fatalities.

Penang, Sarawak and Selangor cumulatively accounted for a total of 947 cases.

All three states are currently under Conditional MCO.

All 5 million students in the country are finally back at school, after over a year of closing and reopening.

This, as secondary school students in Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor and the federal territories return to school today.