Comirnaty vaccine approved for booster dose

Staying healthy: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (in white) taking part in the ‘fit challenge’, at the National Sports Day launch in Putrajaya. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine has been approved by the Health Ministry for Malaysia’s booster dose programme.

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