Technical working committee recommends booster dose for recipients of various vaccines, says Khairy

KUALA LUMPUR (24 November): The Technical Working Committee (TWG) of the Covid-19 Immunization Task Force (CITF-B) has recommended a booster dose involving three types of vaccines to be distributed to all elderly residents 18 years and over.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the vaccines are Comirnaty, AstraZeneca and CoronaVac, with priority of appointments given based on approach by age group, frontliners, people with comorbidity, pregnant women and those who have to travel abroad.

“For recipients of the CoronaVac vaccine, the booster dose would be given three months after the second dose. They are recommended to receive the booster vaccine from Comirnaty (Pfizer) for all levels or the AstraZeneca vaccine for those aged 50 and over.

“For people who could not take the Comirnaty or AstraZeneca vaccines as a booster dose, the CoronaVac (Sinovac) vaccine could be given, but they must inform the vaccination center (PPV) to receive the vaccine,” he said. he said Wednesday in a statement. (November 24).

Apart from this, recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine would receive a booster dose six months after the second dose and they are recommended to receive the same vaccine for all ages, although the Comirnaty vaccine could be used.

Khairy said that for recipients of other vaccines such as Comirnaty, Spikevax (Moderna) and Convidecia (CanSino), Covilo (Sinopharm) and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), they are recommended to receive the Comirnaty vaccine as a booster dose. for all ages or AstraZeneca Vaccine for people aged 50 and over.

“Comirnaty, Spikevax and Convidecia recipients would receive a booster dose six months after the last shot while for Covilo vaccine recipients it is three months after the second dose and the Janssen vaccine, two months after the last shot” , he said.

He said the booster dose would be administered at private medical facilities or off-site private health facilities and the booster dose is also administered at selected public health clinics and hospitals, as well as outreach centers. .

He said the booster dose appointment for eligible people would be given through the MySejahtera app or recipients could join the waiting list to get appointment dates at certain health facilities. public and private health.

The list of public and private health institutions involved in the administration of the booster dose can be obtained via the Ministry of Health website or the Protect Health website at https://protecthealth.com. my/.