Covid-19: CITF recommends boosters for all aged 18 and above; Sinovac, AZ can now be used


KUALA LUMPUR: The Technical Working Committee (TWG) under the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force-Booster (CITF-B) has recommended booster doses for all residents of Malaysia aged 18 and above.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the vaccines that will be used are Comirnaty (from Pfizer BioNTech), AstraZeneca and CoronaVac (Sinovac) with priority given according to an "age step down" approach, frontliners, individuals with comorbidity, pregnant women and those who need to travel abroad.

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