Last-minute surge for booster shots as April 1 deadline looms


Everything in order: Sinovac recipients waiting outside a clinic in Cheras for the booster dose. — Low Boon Tat/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Medical experts are seeing a surge in last minute rush for booster shots as the April 1 deadline looms for Sinovac recipients.

Medical Practitioners Coalition Association of Malaysia president Dr Raj Kumar Maharajah said he has seen last minute appointments being made since Tuesday in his clinic’s Malaysia Vaccine Administration System (MyVAS) system since yesterday, today and even tomorrow, said Dr Raj, who is also a private practitioner in Selangor, yesterday.

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