KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — Well being Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa immediately assured that the Covid-19 bivalent vaccine will probably be provided to the nation quickly, following the approval of the conditional registration given by the Drug Management Authority just lately.
She mentioned an announcement will probably be made after the availability is acquired together with detailed eligibility standards.
“Accordingly, the Ministry of Well being (MoH) urges the general public who acquired their first booster doses which have exceeded the interval of six months with a view to get a second booster and never look ahead to the bivalent vaccine.
“It is because the out there monovalent vaccine continues to be very efficient in decreasing critical signs and stopping demise,” Dr Zaliha mentioned in a press release this morning.
She added that the MoH is hopeful that the proportion of booster doses takers will proceed to extend, particularly from the chance group.
She mentioned at present solely 49.8 per cent solely Malaysians have acquired the primary booster dose vaccine and only one.9 per cent had taken the second booster dose vaccine.
“As well as, I want to proceed to remind the individuals to proceed to care for their well being and their households and all the time adhere to the suggestions and recommendation,” she mentioned.
Dr Zaliha mentioned that primarily based on the knowledge reported by China to the World Well being Organisation, variants and subvariants present in China have additionally been detected in Malaysia.
“Referring to out there data, the Covid-19 vaccine is efficient in offering safety from getting extreme signs as a result of Covid-19 virus an infection and it ought to scale back hospital admissions,” she mentioned.
In the meantime, Dr Zaliha mentioned MoH had positioned precedence on monitoring the growing instances of Covid-19 in China in addition to restrictions which have been made by a number of different nations towards travellers from China.
The MoH may even enhance the containment methodology of Covid-19 an infection unfold within the nation in addition to preparedness to take care of any attainable enhance in instances, she mentioned.
“With the extension of Malaysia as an ‘Infectious Endemic Space’ till June 2023, it offers room to the MoH to take any fast motion when it’s required.
“This contains altering current insurance policies, particularly administration of Covid-19 pandemic well being care on the nation’s border (well being border measures) in addition to tightening the usual working procedures (SOP) of well being checks in any respect entrances into the nation.
“It will likely be applied if crucial, not solely to guests or travellers (Malaysian residents and non-citizens) who arrive from China and even from all nations globally,” mentioned Dr Zaliha.
