Covid-19 deaths among vaccinated rare, mostly Sinovac recipients

Although all Covid-19 vaccines approved in Malaysia are highly effective in preventing deaths caused by the disease, they do not completely eliminate such an outcome.

Data released by the Health Ministry yesterday showed a number of Covid-19 deaths among those fully vaccinated were of those inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine.

Overall, fully vaccinated individuals account for 922 (4.9 percent) of the 18,802 deaths recorded in the dataset.

This is despite...