Covid-19: MOH grants Pfizer conditional approval for booster shot programme


PUTRAJAYA: Pfizer-Biontech’s Cominarty vaccine has been approved by the Health Ministry to be used for Malaysia’s booster dose programme.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said the Drug Control Authority (DCA) granted the conditional approval in a meeting on Friday (Oct 8).

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