PETALING JAYA: Having side effects following Covid-19 vaccination and booster shots are normal, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah clarified today.
He said that those who received their jabs may suffer muscle pain, fever or headaches.
“But scientists who work most closely with vaccines emphasised that when a vaccination makes you feel sick, it’s almost never a bad sign,” Noor Hisham said in a Facebook post today and attached an informative video on vaccination.
As of today, a total of 78.6% of Malaysia’s population had received two doses of the vaccine. Meanwhile, 27.5% of the population have also taken their booster shot, that is, a third dose of the vaccine.
Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin previously said four mega vaccination centres (PPVs) – World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL), Axiata Arena Bukit Jalil, Ideal Convention Centre (IDCC) Shah Alam and Soka Gakkal, Klang – will start operating again beginning today to speed up the process of administering booster shots.
He added he expected 10 million booster doses to be administered by next week, as the government is stepping up efforts to fight the Omicron variant.
“As a result of our accelerated booster programme and SOPs, hospital capacity remains under control despite a surge of imported Omicron cases,” Khairy said on Twitter. - FMT
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