What Vaccine Booster Dose Does CITF-B Recommend?

Now that the booster dose programme in Malaysia is open to everyone, what vaccine should YOU use?

Take a look at what the CITF-B is recommending as the BEST vaccine booster dose for you!

 

What Vaccine Has Been Approved As Booster Dose By CITF-B?

Currently, only three vaccines have been approved for use as a booster dose by CITF-B (COVID-19 Immunisation Task Force – Booster).

• Pfizer-BioNTech COMIRNATY : 8 October 2021
• AstraZeneca Vaxzevria : 17 November 2021
• Sinovac CoronaVac : 17 November 2021

 

Official CITF-B Vaccine Booster Dose Recommendations!

On 24 November 2021, the Ministry of Health announced that the booster dose will be available to anyone above 18, including those who received AstraZeneca, Cansino, Sinopharm and Janssen vaccines.

They also issued the official CITF-B recommendations on the BEST vaccine booster dose for you!

On 28 December 2021, CITF-B issued updated recommendations to address the threat of the Omicron variant.

 

Quick + Easy Summary

To make it simple for you, this table summarises the updated CITF-B’s booster dose recommendations, based on what COVID-19 vaccine you received earlier :

Primary Series Vaccine	Recommended Booster	Alternative Booster	Timing After Primary Series
Pfizer	Pfizer	Moderna	After 3 months
AstraZeneca	Pfizer	AstraZeneca
Sinovac	Pfizer	AstraZeneca or Sinovac
Sinopharm	Pfizer	AstraZeneca or Sinopharm *
Moderna	Moderna	Pfizer
CanSino	Pfizer	CanSino *
Sputnik V	Pfizer	AstraZeneca
Janssen	Pfizer	AstraZeneca	After 2 months

Pfizer Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the Pfizer vaccine can receive their booster shot 3 months after Dose 2.

• Recommended : Pfizer booster shot
• Alternative : Moderna booster shot

AstraZeneca Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the AstraZeneca vaccine can receive their booster shot 3 months after Dose 2.

• Recommended : Pfizer booster shot
• Alternative : AstraZeneca booster shot

Sinovac Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine can receive their booster shot 3 months after Dose 2.

• Recommended : Pfizer booster shot
• Alternative : AstraZeneca / Sinovac booster shot

If you are not comfortable with the Pfizer vaccine, please consider the AstraZeneca booster shot instead, because it is far superior to the Sinovac booster shot.

Read more : Can You And Should You Get A Sinovac Booster Dose?
Read more : Sinovac Vaccine Efficacy Rapidly Drops After 2 Months!

Sinopharm Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the Sinopharm vaccine can receive their booster shot 3 months after Dose 2.

• Recommended : Pfizer booster shot
• Alternative : AstraZeneca / Sinopharm booster shot

Note : CITF-B is allowing a third dose of Sinopharm as a booster shot, but it has NOT been approved by the NPRA, and is therefore not available at the moment.

Moderna Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the Moderna vaccine can receive their booster shot 3 months after Dose 2.

• Recommended : Moderna booster shot
• Alternative : Pfizer booster shot

Sputnik V Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the Sputnik V vaccine can receive their booster shot 3 months after Dose 2.

• Recommended : Pfizer booster shot
• Alternative : AstraZeneca booster shot

CanSino Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the CanSino vaccine can receive their booster shot 3 months after vaccination.

• Recommended : Pfizer booster shot
• Alternative : CanSino booster shot

Note : CITF-B is allowing a second dose of CanSino as a booster shot, but it has NOT been approved by the NPRA, and is therefore not available at the moment.

Janssen Recipients : What Vaccine Can You Use?

Those who received the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine can receive their booster shot 2 months after vaccination.

• Recommended : Pfizer booster shot
• Alternative : AstraZeneca booster shot

Please note that all COVID-19 booster doses provided under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) are provided FREE of charge.

So please watch out for your booster dose appointment in MySejahtera, and get your FREE boost in your protection against COVID-19!

Read more : COVID-19 Booster Dose Policy For Malaysia : 28 Dec Edition!

 

 

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• Booster Dose Policy For COVID-19 Vaccine : 28 December!
• You Can Get COVID-19 Booster Dose After Just 3 Months!
• MySJ Trace : What You Must Know + Official FAQ!

 

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