Viral post urging govt to cancel Covid-19 booster shot programme uses misleading information


PETALING JAYA: A viral post claiming that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna as booster shots is misleading.

In the post, the writer also asked for the Malaysian Government to halt its Covid-19 third dose vaccination programme citing the FDA's rejection of the booster shots.

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