Covid-19: Number of infected health workers 10 times lower after vaccination, says Mosti


Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim.

KUALA TERENGGANU (Bernama): The number of health workers infected with Covid-19 after completing their vaccination regime under the immunisation exercise is 10 times lower than the number of cases reported among health workers without it, says Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister (Mosti) Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim.

He said there was an average of 436 infections among health workers reported in a month when the first wave of Covid-19 hit the country in March last year.

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