About The Study: In this study using national data of nearly 14 million vaccinated individuals in Malaysia, researchers assessed the risk of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with two doses of the CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech) COVID-19 vaccine plus a third dose or a Pfizer-BioNTech booster compared with two or three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Authors: Ee Vien Low, Ph.D., of the Ministry of Health Malaysia in Shah Alam, Malaysia, is the corresponding author.
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