KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry (MoH) has approved CanSino’s single dose Convidecia vaccine to be used as a heterologous booster with all Covid-19 primary vaccines in Malaysia.
Solution Group Bhd (SGB), the Asean manufacturing partner of CanSino Biologics Inc in a statement yesterday said the vaccine was approved for adults aged 18 years and older, regardless of the type of vaccine they received during their earlier Covid-19 vaccination.
The statement also stated Convidecia will be given as a booster dose after at least three months of recipients receiving the second dose of their primary vaccination
“It is also the first and only Covid-19 vaccine from China to be included in the heterologous vaccination programme in Malaysia that can be administered as a mix-and-match with both Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines,” the statement said.
In the same statement, SGB’s deputy group managing director Datuk Mohd Nazlee Kamal said recent studies in China showed that usage of Convidecia as a heterologous booster, via either intramuscular injection or using the inhaled version, generated greater neutralising antibody responses.
In addition, he said the vaccine’s safety profile in real-life usage was also backed by the Mexican health authorities’ Events Supposedly Attributable to Vaccination or Immunisation Report released recently. – Bernama, July 1, 2022
