Dr Noor Hisham: Conditional nod for Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine as booster six months after second dose | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The Health Ministry announced today that it has granted conditional approval for the Comirnaty vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech to be used as a booster shot six months after the second dose.

“The meeting gave conditional approval for a booster dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty Concentrate for Dispersion for Injection produced by Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium NV and BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH, Germany, after at least six months of the second dose for those aged 18 and above,” he said in a statement today.

Previously, Dr Noor Hisham announced that Malaysia has given conditional approval for two new vaccine variants which need only one dose to be administered.

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