PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force-Booster (CITF-B) has recommended that vaccine recipients be given a booster dose as early as three months after the second dose.
At a press conference today, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said this was among the new recommendations provided by the task force’s technical working committee after its evaluation of existing evidence on booster shots.
“For seniors and adults who have received all types of vaccines, be it Pfizer, AstraZeneca or Sinovac, it is highly recommended they receive their boosters at least three months after receiving their primary vaccine,” he said.
Previously, it was recommended that Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine recipients had to wait six months after their second doses to receive their booster shots. Sinovac vaccine recipients had to wait three months.
Khairy added that regulatory bodies and health experts in the UK, Canada and Australia are also now recommending that booster doses be given as early as three months after the second dose.
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