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.
We advocate the continuing use of mRNA vaccines, to mitigate Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations, ICU admissions, deaths, and to help us exit from the pandemic.
Tiong King Sing claims lacklustre implementation of quarantine measures suggest that Malaysia’s Covid-19 infection and death rates are much higher than reported.
The WHO technical group called for the development of Covid-19 vaccines that not only prevent severe disease and death, but also prevent infection against newer variants.
The Health Ministry says system and inventory checks show no expired Covid-19 vaccine stocks were supplied to vaccine storage centres and vaccination centres.
Employers only need to provide a venue at their workplace for the booster vaccine drive that will be handled by private medical practitioners registered with ProtectHealth.
Boosted individuals are 3.4 times less likely to get infected and 3.6 times less likely to die from Covid-19 in Malaysia compared to the fully vaccinated.
Dr Sim Kui Hian says the previously reported seven local Omicron cases in Sarawak took 3-4 weeks for the Covid-19 variant to be confirmed via genome sequencing.
The Health Ministry can encourage public-private partnerships by further outsourcing medical services to GP clinics with facilities for blood tests, X-rays, NCD management, and medical screenings.