Wait and see approach to vaccine


Keeping watch: Dr Noor Hisham says use of the vaccine in the United Kingdom has been encouraging. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry will observe the use of a Covid-19 vaccine in the United Kingdom, which announced a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug from next week.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory agency allowed the use of the vaccine although it had not been registered.

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