AstraZeneca vaccines

The government has decided to donate 559,200 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh and 283,400 doses to Laos to ensure the countries in need have equal access to the COVID-19 vaccine supply.

Khairy said the AstraZeneca vaccines received today were meant for first-dose recipients and would be delivered to the states.

The plan, if implemented, would be the first publicly announced mix and match of a Chinese vaccine and a Western-developed shot.

The study, called Com-COV, compared mixed two-dose schedules of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.

The Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinovac and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in Malaysia are suitable for pregnant women based on the Health Ministry's updated guidelines.

Australia in early April recommended people under 50 should get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.

Philippines and Malaysia also said it was expecting delays of AstraZenecas Thai-made vaccines due to production delays.

The delay comes amid concerns over AstraZeneca's distribution plans in Southeast Asia, which depends on 200 mln doses from Siam Bioscience.

Malaysia received a total of 1,938,660 doses of the Pfizer, Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines, of which 1,453,382 doses had been inoculated.

Regulators also reiterated that the AstraZeneca vaccines' benefits in preventing COVID-19 outweigh risks of clotting.

Both the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines use the same adenovirus vector technology.

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Malaysia will proceed with the purchase and acquisition of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as there has been no evidence that the vaccine causes blood clots.

Initial data on immune responses is expected to be generated around June.

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