Adhere to SOP even after vaccination, public told
The public has been urged to continue adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) such as observing physical distancing, wearing face masks, and washing hands even after receiving the Covid-19 vaccination.
Virology expert Sazaly Abu Bakar said the risk of getting infected still exists even if the person has been vaccinated against the virus.
Even if the Covid-19 vaccine has been found, the public should abandon...
The public has been urged to continue adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) such as observing physical distancing, wearing face masks, and washing hands even after receiving the Covid-19 vaccination.
Virology expert Sazaly Abu Bakar said the risk of getting infected still exists even if the person has been vaccinated against the virus.
Even if the Covid-19 vaccine has been found, the public should abandon their old lifestyles and adopt new habits in the new norm, said the director of the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre at the University of Malaya.
"This is because the vaccine is effective in preventing the individual from experiencing a more serious effect of the infection but that does not mean that the person cannot be a carrier of the virus," he said.
He was speaking as a guest at the ‘Malaysia Petang Ini’ programme on Bernama TV, discussing the topic ‘COVID-19 Vaccine: Understanding the Access and Procurement of the AstraZeneca Vaccine’, in Kuala Lumpur today.
He said the vaccine being developed now is only for those aged 18 and above.
Meanwhile, Sazaly said purchasing the Covid-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is the best measure to provide multiple choices of vaccines to the people, adding that Malaysians are blessed to have these choices.
He said human physiology and biology differs from one to another which may result in different reactions towards the same vaccine adding that the same vaccine might cause some to suffer from allergies.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that the government signed an agreement with AstraZeneca for the procurement of an additional 6.4 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, enough for an additional 10 percent of the population.
- Bernama
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