Covid-19: No opt-in programme for other vaccines, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: Only the AstraZeneca vaccine will be used for the opt-in programme and it will not be extended to other vaccines, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

"(It is) only for the AstraZeneca vaccine," he said briefly on Tuesday (May 4) when asked if the government would expand the opt-in programme to include the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines.

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