After meeting the parents of Revnesh Kumar who died at age 13, Khairy Jamaluddin says MOH wants to conduct more tests on internal tissue samples that may need to be sent abroad for further examination.
Khairy Jamaluddin or Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah will explain at a press conference tomorrow details of the death of 13-year-old Revnesh Kumar that occurred 18 days after Covid-19 vaccination.
A New York study shows two Pfizer vaccine doses declined to 12% effectiveness against Covid-19 infection and 48% effectiveness against hospitalisation among 5- to 11-year-olds.
MOH's ICR cites 4 studies in HK, Brazil, Chile, and Malaysia that find a Pfizer booster for Sinovac recipients is more effective against Covid-19, especially Omicron, than a 3rd Sinovac dose.
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.
Pfizer-BioNTech’s preliminary study shows a third dose of its mRNA vaccine provides similar neutralising antibody levels to Omicron like two doses against wild-type and previous variants.
The South Africa study shows a 41-fold drop in Pfizer vaccine’s neutralisation of Omicron, but considerable protection is retained in those who were both double vaccinated and previously infected with Covid-19.
Malaysia is maintaining the six-month booster interval for now, except three months for Sinovac recipients, while a new booster interval will be announced for the immunocompromised next week.