KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — The Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council has called on the government to consider implementing the “second dose postponement strategy” in combating the issue of rising Covid-19 cases in the country due to the constraints caused by the shortage of vaccines.
In a statement today, it said the strategy was used by the United Kingdom last November, and more countries are implementing the strategy of postponing the second dose, including Singapore and India.
“Our priority now is surely to protect the people in this short period,” it said.
The statement was issued by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (Parti Keadilan Rakyat), Mohamad Sabu (Parti Amanah Negara) and Lim Guan Eng (DAP).
According to the statement also, new research by the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with Public Health England, found that giving the Pfizer BioNTech booster jab 12 weeks after the first dose compared to three weeks produced a much stronger antibody response.
— Bernama
