Deputy Health DG: Majority of fully vaccinated infected frontliners show mild symptoms


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The majority of fully vaccinated frontliners at health facilities showed no symptoms (Category One) or just mild symptoms (Category Two) when they were infected with Covid-19, says deputy director-general of Health (Research and Technical Support) Datuk Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim.

To date, he said a total of 4,761 out of 246,242 Health Ministry (MOH) employees who were fully vaccinated had been infected with the virus.

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