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About two million Sinovac vaccine recipients are at risk of losing their fully vaccinated status on April 1, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

The WHO has delayed its ongoing assessment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use because of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Parents want to protect their children but they want reassurance on the risk of vaccination, Dr Mohd Zaqrul Razmal said.

MOH would start offering the (non-mRNA, protein-based) CoronaVac vaccine for free but only at selected vaccination centres.

Dr Noor Hisham announced the conditional registration approval was agreed by the Drug Control Authority (DCA) in its 370th meeting today.

The March 31 deadline for Sinovac primary vaccine recipients to get a COVID-19 booster dose injection to retain their fully vaccinated status is final, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

The deadline for all senior citizens aged 60 years and above and Sinovac recipients aged 18 years and above to obtain their booster dose to maintain fully vaccinated status, has been extended.

This is an effort to improve immunisation strategies amid concerns that its most-used jabs appeared to be weaker against variants.

Health authorities have identified the elderly and young children as high risk, encouraging vaccinations.

Recipients of the Sinovac vaccination primer doses can now pick the same brand for their booster shots, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

The study found that CoronaVac received the strongest boost from a viral vector or RNA shot.

New research data recently published by Sinovac Biotech Ltd shows that three doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine produced higher neutralising antibodies in 95 per cent of recipients against Omicron.

The government has set the maximum retail and wholesale prices for two COVID-19 vaccines - CoronaVac produced by Sinovac and Covilo produced by Sinopharm.

Pharmaniaga Bhd said early data from studies shows that the Sinovac vaccine booster shots are 94 per cent effective against the Omicron variant.

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