Mix-and-Match of Two COVID-19 Vaccines Still Being Studied - Malaysian Minister

KUALA NERUS, June 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysian government is still studying and considering the mix-and-match method of Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to complete the two-dose vaccination. National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Co-ordinating Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin said the issue had already been tabled at the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) two weeks ago but to date, the decision on the mixing vaccines has not been finalised. “The mixing of vaccine doses is still under study and we tabled it at JKJAV last week but it has not been finalised by our technical committee,” he told reporters, here Thursday. Khairy, in a webinar session hosted by the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaysia on Wednesday, was reported as saying that there were several real-world data received from Germany on heterological vaccinations using AstraZeneca as the first dose and Pfizer as the second dose which was proven to boost the neutralisation of antibodies and became more effective against variants. -- BERNAMA