MyCombiVac

Malaysians who are open to the use of heterologous vaccines (combination of vaccines) to tackle the spread of Covid-19.

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

A study found that the J&J vaccine was 76% effective overall in preventing Covid-19 infections and 81% effective in preventing Covid-related hospitalizations. The study also showed that it provided lasting immunity at least six months after the shots. https://t.co/hRltRftq5N

[Dr Kalai Peariasamy @drkalai61]

Children with excess weight and #obesity have higher chance of hospital admission with increased risk of severe COVID. #HealthyAtHome diet, physical activity, screen time behaviour changes recommended. COVID19 #vaccines protect children against severe illness. ⁦@ICR_NIH⁩

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

Vaccination is the best way to protect oneself against getting sick with and spreading Covid-19, including from Omicron. https://t.co/tte1CAq9Qd

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

China is giving COVID-19 booster vaccines using technologies different from the initial injections, in an effort to improve immunisation strategies amid concerns that its most-used jabs appeared to be weaker against variants such as Omicron. https://t.co/pfLXuQptA7

[KKMalaysia🇲🇾🩺❤️ @KKMPutrajaya]

The Malaysia-Singapore borders will reopen this 1 April. Travellers from Singapore are exempted from on-arrival test.

For more info please visit https://t.co/xdv0GwHW7X

#ReopeningSafely

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

All travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 and children aged 12 and below will be able to enter Singapore with just a pre-departure Covid-19 test from 11.59pm on March 31. https://t.co/h4Ym6GocKk

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has approved CanSino's single-dose Convidecia Covid-19 vaccine to be used as a heterologous booster. https://t.co/sIrxBeDjeA

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has approved CanSino's single-dose Convidecia Covid-19 vaccine to be used as a heterologous booster. https://t.co/uTA2rg8cay

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

A booster shot with the Moderna vaccine offered older people better protection against Covid-19 if they had previously taken Pfizer jabs, researchers at Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) have found. https://t.co/xHbrzzJp1W.

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

As Malaysia transitions itself into the endemic phase, the government will reduce the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) from the existing 181 to just one starting April 1. https://t.co/8JokU8f1pJ

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

Casual contacts of Covid-19 cases will now get a notification via the app but their status will not change, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. https://t.co/I4TsfngoBn

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

Chinese regulators have approved the mixing of domestic vaccines as boosters to improve immunity against Covid-19, and added two more Chinese-developed shots to the booster roster. https://t.co/1HKICjnNPN

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

The EMA's head of biological health threats and vaccines strategy, Marco Cavaleri, said that the data showed heterologous boosting triggers a similar or even higher immune response than when the same vaccine is used. https://t.co/rvfevyPrlR

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

The total number of active cases climbed to 202,884 yesterday after 27,831 new infections were reported, the highest daily figures since the pandemic began in 2020. https://t.co/vmW7Uucr7c

[CodeBlue @codebluenews]

Flowcharts on what to do if you're a close contact to a positive Covid-19 case or if you tested positive for Covid-19.

Read more here: https://t.co/1tLu3wd61T

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

Sweden’s public health agency recommended on Monday that people 80 and over receive a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine, which would be a fourth overall shot. https://t.co/gCF1MtlMrU

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

Sinovac booster doses will be made available at all offsite vaccination centres (PPVs) from Monday, ProtectHealth Corp Sdn Bhd (ProtectHealth) said. https://t.co/pJ6F6yVtGO

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

In a statement on Thursday (Feb 10), the ICR said it continues to recommend Pfizer or AstraZeneca as the preferred booster for Sinovac vaccine recipients. https://t.co/tDiwSodmBn

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

Universiti Putra Malaysia consultant clinical microbiologist and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences dean Prof Dr Zamberi Sekawi said that mixing vaccines was the way to go. https://t.co/TUA8bDypRi

[MyCombiVac @MyCombiVac]

Some 4.5 million people, including those who received the Sinovac vaccine for their first two doses, will lose their “fully vaccinated” status if they do not get their booster shots before March 1. https://t.co/dk1xTdkkad