Highly transmissible Covid-19 variants like Delta may endanger children because fully vaccinated adults can transmit the virus to unvaccinated individuals.
The RECoVaM study on 14.5 million fully vaccinated individuals in Malaysia who received Pfizer, AstraZeneca, or Sinovac finds that complete vaccination reduces the risk of infection by 88% and symptomatic disease by 86%.
Khairy Jamaluddin says MOH is currently reviewing Pfizer’s clinical studies on its Covid-19 vaccine for children aged below 12; Pfizer-BioNTech said recently their vaccine is safe and effective in children aged 5 to 11.
Khairy Jamaluddin is developing a more consistent testing strategy where MOH can clearly identify whether an area is in late containment or mitigation stage.
As Selangor’s Covid-19 cases, deaths, and positive rate fall significantly, Serdang Hospital and Selayang Hospital will be reconverted back into hybrid hospitals by Sept 30.
The Malaysian Health Coalition tells MOH to publish local data on increased cases, hospitalisation, or deaths from Covid-19 in high-risk groups, including breakthrough cases, that would prove the need for booster shots.
APHM private hospitals prepare to accept Covid-19 cases in Sarawak, expecting severely ill patients in public hospitals’ ICUs and wards to soon exceed capacity.
The Malaysian vaccine-hesitant movement uses more sophisticated and nuanced arguments now that appear reasonable on the surface, but are designed to plant doubt about Covid-19 vaccination.