The government shouldn't yank fully vax status for people vaxxed with two Sinovac doses and senior citizens who do not get their third jab, as this may increase demand for fraudulent vaccine certs.
A private clinic, authorised by MOH to provide vaccines, allegedly issued digital Covid-19 vaccination certificates on MySejahtera without injecting people with the vaccine.
From Jan 19, Covid booster jab walk-ins for seniors are open daily (except public holidays) at WTC and Axiata Arena in KL, Ideal Convention Centre in Shah Alam, and Soka Gakkai in Klang.
From March 1, triple-vax close contacts who received first two Sinovac doses and seniors aged 60 and older must self-isolate for 7 days, compared to 5 days for others with three doses.
The ceiling retail prices of RM77 and RM61 per dose for Sinovac and Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines respectively exclude charges for services and disposable equipment in private health care facilities.
Compared with adults and adolescents, 5-to-11-year-olds reported higher incidence of injection-site redness and swelling, but generally fewer side effects like fever and chills; no myocarditis or pericarditis was observed.
As of 11 Jan, 48% of some 10 million people in Malaysia double-vaxxed with Sinovac have not gotten a third Covid vaccine jab, 10 weeks before their MySJ fully vax status lapses.