KJ: Panel to decide on AstraZeneca vaccine


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will decide on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 following a report by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of rare blood clots being a possible side effect, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

“We take note of the EMA announcement on the AstraZeneca vaccine. @JKJAVMY will deliberate on the matter and decide if we will go ahead with using AZ in our portfolio of vaccines, ” he tweeted yesterday.

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