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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS



                                        REGARDING COVID-19 VACCINES






              SAFETY 1

              Suitable for:                    Common side effects after injection:






               Adult more than 18 years old       Tiredness   Headache and fever   Nausea    Injection site: pain,swelling
              Not suitable for:






              Children and adolescents    History of severe allergic   Immunocompromised individuals    Pregnancy and lactation   Low platelet level < 50,000/μl
                                 reaction

            EFFICACY 1,2
                                                      A protective effect starts to develop 12 days after the first dose,
                                                      but full protection requires two doses which WHO recommends

               Dosage of vaccine?                     be administered with a 21 to 28-day interval for Pfizer Covid-19
                                                      mRNA vaccine. 2

                                                      No vaccine is 100% effective, based on clinical trial for Covid-19
               Vaccine can provide 100% protection?                                       1
                                                      vaccine, its effectiveness is between 60-95%


               Vaccine still effective towards           Currently,  Covid-19  vaccine  is  still  effective  in  preventing
               Covid-19 mutation?                     Covid-19 1



              GETTING VACCINATED  1
                                                                           What are the preventive measures

                      Why do we need to be                                      after getting a vaccine?
                          vaccinated?







               To  achieve  ‘Herd  immunity’  (community
               immunity)  by  70-80%   of  vaccinated
               Malaysian population.
                                                                     Avoid the 3Cs (Crowded space, Confined space, Close conversation) and
                                                                     obey the 3Ws (Wash, Wear, Warn).

           References:-
           1. Covid-19 Malaysia KKM: Retrieved from http://covid-19.moh.gov.my/vaksin-covid-19
           2.WHO:  Retrieved  from  https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-can-take-the-pfizer-biontech-covid-19--vaccine?  4
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