Malaysia has received 200,000 single-shot CanSino COVID-19 vaccine doses from China. This is seen as a game-changer to vaccinate people in rural and hard-to-reach areas as well as migrant communities.
uses adenovirus-based viral vector vaccine technology and it has an efficacy rate of 65.7%. Similar to Sinovac and AstraZeneca, it doesn’t have extreme refrigeration requirements and can be stored between 2 to 8 degrees celsius.Although getting a single shot vaccine has its timesaving benefits, do note that the time frame required to be considered “fully vaccinated” is different.
Overall, if you factor in the interval time between two doses for vaccines such as Pfizer, Sinovac and Astrazeneca, getting a single-shot vaccine to obtain optimal protection is still faster as a person is fully vaccinated 4 weeks after getting a single jab. The longest wait is for individuals with AstraZeneca as it has a longer interval time of 9 weeks between the 1st and 2nd dose, followed by another 2-week window to be counted as fully vaccinated.
Besides CanSino, Malaysia has also included the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the NIP. The Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be delivered via the global COVAX facility but there’s still no timelines at the moment. Both vaccines have been given
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