After Anwar’s proposal, Health DG explains unknowns in single-dose strategy

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Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the long-term efficacy of administering a single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is unknown.This is after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday proposed the government delay the second dose shot and instead use them as the first dose to cover more people.The government began administering the second dose today, which is 21 days after the first dose, in line with the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations.While not mentioning Anwar, Noor Hisham (photo, above) explained that the third phase of the clinical trial had shown that the vaccine could achieve efficacy of 89 percent after 14 to 21 days of the first dose.However, Noor Hisham said the study didn't have data about relying on a single dose for the long-term."At the moment, the long-term efficacy of administering a single dose …