Malaysia to stop using Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine after supply ends: Health minister

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Malaysia to stop using Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine after supply ends: Health minister

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's health ministry on Thursday (Jul 15) said the country will stop administering the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac once its supplies end, as it has a sufficient number of other vaccines for its programme.Malaysia's inoculation drive will be largely anchored...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's health ministry on Thursday (Jul 15) said the country will stop administering the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac once its supplies end, as it has a sufficient number of other vaccines for its programme.

Malaysia's inoculation drive will be largely anchored by the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine moving forward, health minister Adham Baba told a news conference with other top ministry officials.


The Southeast Asian country has secured about 45 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, enough to cover 70 per cent of the population, compared to 16 million doses of Sinovac's shot, the officials said.

"About half of the 16 million have already been distributed, so the rest will be used to cover second doses," Adham said.

"For those who have yet to be vaccinated, they will receive the Pfizer vaccine."

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The government had previously said it had secured 12 million Sinovac doses, as part of a deal which would see state-linked firm Pharmaniaga carrying out a fill-and-finish process on the vaccine for local distribution.

The announcement to stop using Sinovac's inactivated virus vaccine comes amid increasing concern over its efficacy against new and more contagious variants of the coronavirus.

Neighbouring Thailand this week said it would use the AstraZeneca vaccine as a second dose for those who received the Sinovac shot, while Indonesia is considering a booster shot for those who received the two-dose Sinovac course.


READ: Thailand defends COVID-19 vaccine 'mix-and-match' after WHO warning

Other vaccines approved in Malaysia include those of AstraZeneca, China's CanSino Biologic and the Janssen vaccine of Johnson & Johnson.

Malaysia also plans on Friday to announce its decision on whether to add the vaccine of China's Sinopharm, officials said.

With 880,782 cases and 6,613 deaths so far, Malaysia has one of Southeast Asia's highest per-capita infection rates, but also one of its highest inoculation rates, with about 26 per cent of its 32 million population receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Malaysia is still using Sinopharm's vaccines, so this news is very strange.

Well, all the current vaccines available right now, whatever the brand, will be absolute in one or two years from now.

One or two years later, we will have a special privilege to mock and blame all the current vaccines.

We just need to take a side.

Whatever we said at the time against other vaccines will be true, the same as what others said as well.


Sinovac and Sinopharm, especially Sinopharm are not as bad as what Western propaganda said.

Countries like Hungary, Chile, Serbia, Bahrain, etc saw a significant drop in daily new infections.

And AZ, Pfizer, and Moderna are not as good as they claimed, as we can see from the rise in UK, Netherland, Spain, USA, etc. I do believe, countries who want to switch to those brands, are thinking twice right now.

But still, I can't say much, we never know in the near future, what is good today will be useless tomorrow, whatever China-made or Western-made, only time will tell.

At least with vaccines, it gives a much higher chance to survive.

Sputnik V sounds very promising right now. I think the newer vaccine is more effective than the first-generation vaccines.

There will be an answer this winter, and no matter how loud the voice is in the West, it depends on the effect.

 

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Government making money out of Sinovac

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This is expensive!

 

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Israel says Pfizer vaccine effectiveness down to 39 pct amid spread of Delta variant - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Israel says Pfizer vaccine effectiveness down to 39 pct amid spread of Delta variant

Does look like Isreal care about lives than PR stunts

 

[Song Hong]

This political party is the one who got elected with US support, and then cancel almost every single bilateral deal with China, including the HSR.

They beg US for Pfizer but get nothing (probably US ask the to traitor their country for vaccine). Then China deliver them Sinovac.

Suddenly US match China vaccine delivery.

China is a market spoiler.

 

[Beast]

As usual these Malaysian brainwashed by western selective new. We see massive resurgent of covid case for many western countries including Israel who all used Pfizer and Moderna. I thought that is the magic solution tout by the west? What happened?

 

[UKBengali]

Guys I think we are missing the real point here.

That is that it now seems sensible that these vaccines should only ever be given to those who are in a "vulnerable" category. That is roughly 20% of the world's population. This will stop 99% of deaths and 80% of hospitalisations as long as medical capacity is available to treat those sick enough to need medical treatment.

They are not all that good at stopping fully-vaccinated people from either catching or transmitting the virus even to other fully-vaccinated people as can be seen from what is happening in highly vaccinated countries.

Chinese vaccines are not that bad as the latest study from Chile shows 86% reduction in deaths, which while lower than 95%+ from the Western vaccines, are still making a huge difference in fighting this pandemic. They also have the advantage of the least side-effects of all the vaccines.

Let us move forward to making sure the truely vulnerable anywhere in the world are double-dosed first and then build up proper "herd immunity" around the world by natural infection and recovery of the rest of the population.

 

[Nan Yang]

This is expensive!

Why the U-turn after free vaccine pledge, asks Rafidah
FMT Reporters
July 23, 2021 8:00 am

PETALING JAYA: “Iron Lady” Rafidah Aziz has doubled down on her criticism of the decision to allow the sale of 14 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine to states and private entities.

Referring to a report last year by Bernama, Rafidah pointed out that the prime minister had said then that Covid-19 vaccine would be given free to Malaysians. Foreigners, meanwhile, would have to pay.

 

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That Country with Singapore looking at OP actually think the western vaccines are the best and they are more advance than anything China makes saying 95% this and that until Isreal pop their bubble. That kind of backward thinking is why they still have large covid 19 outbreaks in their country.

 

[Song Hong]

That Country with Singapore looking at OP actually think the western vaccines are the best and they are more advance than anything China makes saying 95% this and that until Isreal pop their bubble. That kind of backward thinking is why they still have large covid 19 outbreaks in their country.

A lot of Singaporeans want Sinovac. And looking at the cryptic message by doctors facebook or whatsapp, many urge the people to go for Sinovac.

And lots of people are suffering from side effect with mRNA. Just go Singapore and ask people beside you, a horrible number suffer backpain after mRNA. This points to inflammation at the internal organs,

But when they complain this to doctors, the entire Singapore doctors are in lock step of telling the people, all these symptoms got nothing to do with mRNA. (These illness goes away after a few days for most people, but we can assure damage are done)

And most horrible is the response of Sinovac is so overwhelming, and so embarrassing that government quickly stop releasing them.

Till date, only half are release while the people keep wanting Sinovac(100k doses released taking about 5 months). Meanwhile GoS media is on overdrive to scandalize Sinovac. Now GoS are no 1 enemies against Sinovac, telling people that all those taking Sinovac are as good as not taking an vaccine, and threaten citizen with all sorts of inconvenience.

 

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A lot of Singaporeans want Sinovac. And looking at the cryptic message by doctors facebook or whatsapp, many urge the people to go for Sinovac.

And lots of people are suffering from side effect with mRNA. Just go Singapore and ask people beside you, a horrible number suffer backpain after mRNA. This points to inflammation at the internal organs,

But when they complain this to doctors, the entire Singapore doctors are in lock step of telling the people, all these symptoms got nothing to do with mRNA. (These illness goes away after a few days for most people, but we can assure damage are done)

And most horrible is the response of Sinovac is so overwhelming, and so embarrassing that government quickly stop releasing them.

Till date, only half are release while the people keep wanting Sinovac(100k doses released taking about 5 months). Meanwhile GoS media is on overdrive to scandalize Sinovac. Now GoS are no 1 enemies against Sinovac, telling people that all those taking Sinovac are as good as not taking an vaccine, and threaten citizen with all sorts of inconvenience.

Kind of sad they want to play with people lives like that while pretending they are in the moral high ground while they are not.

 

[UKBengali]

A lot of Singaporeans want Sinovac. And looking at the cryptic message by doctors facebook or whatsapp, many urge the people to go for Sinovac.

And lots of people are suffering from side effect with mRNA. Just go Singapore and ask people beside you, a horrible number suffer backpain after mRNA. This points to inflammation at the internal organs,

But when they complain this to doctors, the entire Singapore doctors are in lock step of telling the people, all these symptoms got nothing to do with mRNA. (These illness goes away after a few days for most people, but we can assure damage are done)

And most horrible is the response of Sinovac is so overwhelming, and so embarrassing that government quickly stop releasing them.

Till date, only half are release while the people keep wanting Sinovac(100k doses released taking about 5 months). Meanwhile GoS media is on overdrive to scandalize Sinovac. Now GoS are no 1 enemies against Sinovac, telling people that all those taking Sinovac are as good as not taking an vaccine, and threaten citizen with all sorts of inconvenience.

I think the vaccines should be given like this.

75+ and "extremely clinically vulnerable" = mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.

65-74 and "underlying health conditions" - viral vector vaccines like AstraZeneca and J&J

55-64 - SinoVac and Sinopharm.

No-one else actually needs a vaccine apart from health care workers like doctors and nurses who are exposed to high viral loads due to having to treat infected patients.

 

[Mista]

I think the vaccines should be given like this.

75+ and "extremely clinically vulnerable" = mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.

65-74 and "underlying health conditions" - viral vector vaccines like AstraZeneca and J&J

55-64 - SinoVac and Sinopharm.

No-one else actually needs a vaccine apart from health care workers like doctors and nurses who are exposed to high viral loads due to having to treat infected patients.

You believe him lol. Almost everyone around me from different age groups have taken mRNA jabs and all who have taken are doing fine.

"the response of Sinovac is so overwhelming ", "ask people beside you, a horrible number suffer backpain after mRNA. This points to inflammation at the internal organs".

Lol. They would be singing a different tune if the mRNA vaccines today are developed by China.

 

[UKBengali]

You believe him lol. Almost everyone around me from different age groups have taken mRNA jabs and all who have taken are doing fine.

"the response of Sinovac is so overwhelming ", "ask people beside you, a horrible number suffer backpain after mRNA. This points to inflammation at the internal organs".

Lol. They would be singing a different tune if the mRNA vaccines today are developed by China.

Plenty of people in UK have suffered adverse effects, including deaths, from taking Pfizer and Moderna.

My post was meant to say to target the most potent vaccines at the most vulnerable and the least potent at the least vulnerable.

Yes, vital vector vaccines like AstraZeneca and J&J may show worse short term side effects but they are based on traditional vaccine tech and so there is more confidence that they will not cause nasty medium to long term side effects unlike the new mRNA ones.

Anyone under 55 and in good health does not really need any vaccine, unless they will have high viral exposure.

 

[Mista]

Plenty of people in UK have suffered adverse effects, including deaths, from taking Pfizer and Moderna.

My post was meant to say to target the most potent vaccines at the most vulnerable and the least potent at the least vulnerable.

Yes, vital vector vaccines like AstraZeneca and J&J may show worse short term side effects but they are based on traditional vaccine tech and so there is more confidence that they will not cause nasty medium to long term side effects unlike the new mRNA ones.

Anyone under 55 and in good health does not really need any vaccine, unless they will have high viral exposure.

The percentage of severe adverse effects is so low that it's almost negligible, 0.005% in Singapore. It's no different from vaccines for other diseases. On long term side effects, that can be said for all sorts of newly-developed vaccines, including those using traditional tech.

https://www.hsa.gov.sg/docs/default-source/hprg-vcb/safety-update-on-covid19-vaccines/hsa-safety-update-no-3-on-covid-19-vaccines-(30-june-2021).pdf

HK is the only region which have administered large number of Sinovac and BioNTech vaccines, and their reports show that severe side effects for both vaccines are statistically no different. In fact, the percentage of reported severe side effect is actually slightly higher for Sinovac.

https://www.drugoffice.gov.hk/eps/do/en/doc/Safety_Monitoring_of_COVID-19_Vaccines_in_Hong_Kong.pdf

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Sinovac is inactivated. As such it only boosts antibodies but does not induce killer T cells. It is useful as a booster but not useful if you are not primed. Malaysia is getting CanSino which is viral vector this month. CanSino is useful for priming.

By the way Sinovac uses adjuvant from Dynavax which is not that bad.

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