No plans to postpone AstraZeneca vaccine

Bagan Serai: The Government has no plans to postpone the administering of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine despite reports of its side effects on recipients abroad, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

He said the reported side effects were treatable allergies besides there has been no evidence that the vaccine causes adverse effects or death.

“If side effects occur, doctors at the vaccination centres will provide immediate treatment and so far, recipients of other vaccine types have also experienced side effects and they were treated properly.

“Don’t worry because we have medicine to treat allergies such as muscle pain, fever or itchiness,” he said.