As of Aug 28, some 61.1 percent of the country’s population or 14,297,962 individuals have completed both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV). Later on, when there is enough data and vaccines, then only we could consider to give them booster shots," he said. Dr Zainal said there is a need to have proper planning from the government whether to give mix-matching vaccines and booster shots to prevent the VoC of the virus. It might be confusing people if we implement either mix-matching vaccines or booster shots for now. Lambe advises the public to trust the regulator and take whatever brand of approved COVID-19 vaccine is offered to them without judging.

Source: The Edge Markets September 01, 2021 01:07 UTC