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PUTRAJAYATan Sri Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the acquisition and use of the Covid-19 vaccine in Malaysia will depend on five aspects.
He said they are the safety record, supply, distribution, monitoring of side effects and evaluation of the efficacy of the vaccine.
Dr Noor Hisham said that the registration of the Covid-19 vaccine is a key condition that must be met to ensure that it is effective and safe.
The vaccine must be registered with the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) and the Ministry of Health’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), he said.
“If, for example, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer does not register with the FDA, then the whole deal will fall apart,” said Dr. Noor Hisham, referring to the agreement reached with Pfizer for the supply of the vaccine.
Dr Noor Hisham said this while responding to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s announcement of the Malaysian government’s agreement with Pfizer to source 12.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to meet 20 percent immunization needs. or 6.4 million Malaysians.
Of the 6.4 million Malaysians who will receive the vaccine, Dr Noor Hisham said the vaccine will be given to people 18 years of age and older, with priority for healthcare workers, front-line and senior groups. risk, such as the elderly and those with low immunity.
He said 12 vaccines have currently been tested in the third phase of clinical research, but there is no full report on any of them yet.
Dr. Noor Hisham said that the Ministry of Health (MoH) for now only received reports from the media and social networks about the effectiveness of vaccines.
“When the Ministry of Health studies a report, we (the Ministry of Health) will create a committee to analyze the efficacy, side effects, etc.
“This is important before the vaccine can be registered. If the vaccine cannot be registered, there may be safety issues and so on, and we (MoH) will not use the vaccine, ”he said.
Meanwhile, concerned that there was a possibility that gloves produced by the glove manufacturer Top Glove could be contaminated with the Cpvid-19 virus, Dr. Noor Hisham said there have been no reports on the matter so far. .
“So far there are no reports of infection from gloves. (Glove production) goes through a certain process. And no other reports of contagion have been documented, “he said.Called
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