{"id":2706,"date":"2021-09-23T22:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2021-09-23T22:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:26:53","slug":"astrazeneca-vaccine-and-its-distribution-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/astrazeneca-vaccine-and-its-distribution-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"AstraZeneca Vaccine and its Distribution in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AstraZeneca vaccine made headlines after health regulators discovered potentially life-threatening blood clots known as\u00a0thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS). However, health regulators have emphasized that TTS is a\u00a0possible yet extremely rare side effect, reported only in\u00a0approximately 9.3 cases per million doses\u00a0of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Due to the public’s mixed feelings about its safety, the local board decided to pull it out of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, offering it only to Malaysians\u00a0on a voluntary basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine\u00a0(codename\u00a0AZD1222) was developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish company. The AstraZeneca vaccine is made from a\u00a0weakened version of a common cold virus\u00a0that has been modified to contain genetic material shared by the coronavirus. Once it has been injected, it<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>teaches the recipient’s immune system how to fight the real virus<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>by producing antibodies and activating T-cells. If the individual who has been vaccinated is exposed to COVID-19 in the future, antibodies and T-cells will be triggered to fight the virus effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The AstraZeneca vaccine is administered in 2 doses with an interval of 8 – 12 weeks and is reported to have an<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>efficacy of 76.0%\u00a0at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 following the first dose, and\u00a081.3% after the second dose<\/span>.<\/b> Experts have repeatedly stressed that the\u00a0benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh its risks\u00a0and that it’s a good option for Malaysians who wish to get vaccinated faster instead of waiting in line for their turn to be assigned a slot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The AstraZeneca vaccine made headlines after health regulators discovered potentially life-threatening blood clots known as\u00a0thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS). However, health regulators have emphasized that TTS is a\u00a0possible yet extremely rare side effect, reported only in\u00a0approximately 9.3 cases per million doses\u00a0of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Due to the public’s mixed feelings about its safety, the local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2709,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions\/2709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/epharmaline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}