Malaysia Approves Cansino As Booster Dose

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Health Ministry (MOH) has approved CanSino's single-dose Convidecia COVID-19 vaccine to be used as a heterologous booster. The MOH, in a statement on its website on Monday, said application for the CanSino-type booster dose would be available via MySejahtera soon. It also said that those who took the Sinovac or Cansino Bio vaccine primer doses could take the vaccine as a booster dose. "The eligibility period for taking this dose after the primer dose is at least three months,” the statement added. -- BERNAMA