Covid-19 Watch: 44 deaths reported following booster jabs, 22 unrelated to vaccine, says NPRA


PETALING JAYA: A total of 44 deaths among booster shot recipients have been received by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) up to Feb 18.

Out of this, 22 deaths were found to have no links to Covid-19 vaccination after the reports were evaluated by the Covid-19 Vaccine Special Pharmacovigilance Committee, says NPRA director Dr Roshayati Mohamad Sani.

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