Penang Sinovac recipients prefer same brand booster


Get set: Booster dose recipients waiting to be called by PPV volunteer, Mohamad Aizad Rosely, 23, at off-site vaccination centre Persatuan Ang Si Chong Soo in Butterworth. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: Most Sinovac vaccine recipients prefer to get the same brand for their booster shot, citing “less side effects”.

Among them was mechanic Poh Poh Eng, 48, who opted for the same brand of vaccine for his booster dose and refused the mix-and-match option.

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