Health Ministry approves use of Pfizer booster shot for adults

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It will be administered 6 months after second dose.

The Health Ministry has given conditional approval for the use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine as a booster dose. Its director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the booster shot will be administered at least six months after the second dose for adults aged 18 and above.

 

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