Fear of side effects among reasons people shunning booster shots


Keep Covid-19 at bay: A file photo showing a doctor about to administer a Covid-19 vaccine to a recipient. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Low hospitalisation rates, mild symptoms and fear of side effects factored into people’s decisions not to get boosted against Covid-19, say health experts.

As of Tuesday, 50.1% or 16.34mil people have received their first booster but only 2.5% or 828,243 people have gotten a second booster, according to the Health Ministry’s GitHub database.

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