Covid-19: Side effects after vaccination 'almost never a bad sign', says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: Side effects after receiving doses of a Covid-19 vaccine are generally a good thing, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

“Every vaccine can have side effects like muscle pain, fever, or headaches; and some of the new Covid-19 vaccines are even likelier to give you those side effects than you may be used to," he said.

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