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STATUS: VACCINATED
Sunway Medical Centre
Senior Consultant
Cardiologist Dr Samuel Ong
Boon Leng shares about his
vaccination experience.
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How have vaccines been Are vaccines safe? What are the side effects of the
• Since the early 1950s, vaccines have been • Yes. e vaccines are constantly monitored • Pain/swelling/redness • Fever
used in Malaysia?
COVID-19 vaccine?
in terms of quality, e ectiveness, and safety.
given out through the National Immunisation
Programme to protect Malaysian citizens from e National Pharmaceutical Regulatory at the injection site • Nausea
• Feeling unwell
• Tiredness
Agency (NPRA) evaluates vaccines that are
vaccine-preventable diseases. to be registered in Malaysia. • Headache • Swelling of the
• To date, 11 types of vaccines to prevent 13 • e Drug Control Authority (DCA) approves • Chills lymph nodes
types of vaccine preventable diseases have the use of the vaccines based on the results of • Joint pain
been given to children: NPRA’s evaluation. Alert your local healthcare provider following
- Tuberculosis - Measles • Each group of vaccines used in Malaysia vaccination if you experience rare or unexpected
A s a heart specialist for close to 30 years, Among the side e ects Ong felt from the rst - Hepatitis B - Rubella will be monitored from the aspect of side e ects:
of
protection
the
vaccine injection were tiredness, neck pain,
takes
life
- Diphtheria
precedence for Dr Samuel Ong and a swollen lymph node in the neck area. - Tetanus - Mumps compliance, according to World Health • Side e ects lasting more than three days.
- Pneumococcal
Organization (WHO) standards.
• Severe allergic reactions such as anaphylaxis
Boon Leng. is was no di erent when it was With no discomfort in his left arm, Ong was - Whooping Cough - Japanese • After the vaccine is administered in Malaysia, - Anaphylaxis after COVID-19 vaccination
his turn to be vaccinated on 10 March. “I felt
able to carry his toddler grandson for an
(Pertussis)
Enchepalitis (JE)
privileged and was looking forward to it. I evening walk. Feeling the side e ects after - Polio - Human the Ministry of Health will monitor for is rare and occurred in approximately 2 to 5
Adverse Events Following Immunisation
registered because I wanted protection for dinner time, he took two Panadol tablets and - Haemophilus Papillomavirus (AEFI). people per million vaccinated in the US.
myself and to be in the wider population retired to bed earlier. e next day was In uenza Type B (HPV)
group to be vaccinated to increase herd business as usual where Ong ran a busy (Hib) What is the fatwa for COVID-19
immunity,” he said. morning clinic. • e meningococcal vaccine is compulsory for vaccination? Can Muslims be
Malaysians heading to perform their hajj and vaccinated for COVID-19?
Receiving his vaccination at Sunway Medical e side e ects the second time around were umrah. 1
Centre, he said the vaccination process was a di erent – light-headedness, tiredness, as well WHAT YOU • e use of vaccines to protect humankind
pleasant one. “Organisation was superb and as swelling and soreness in the left arm, Ong How was the COVID-19 vaccine from dangerous diseases is unusual in Islam
ran like clockwork. All personnel at the said. “I felt better after I had my lunch and developed so quickly? NEED TO but has been in practice since 1988.
stations knew their roles and were e cient, kept myself hydrated at work. Returning • e Special Muzakarah (discussion) of
friendly and helpful,” he said. home, I took some Panadol and a short nap, 1. e virus genetic code was shared by KNOW National Council for the Islamic Religious
and could carry my grandson for our usual researchers from China in January 2020 A airs (MKI) had decided that the use of the
Describing his vaccine injection as “a slight evening walk. No fever, neck pain or swollen and vaccine development e orts took place COVID-19 vaccine is permissible (harus).
discomfort”, Ong was tagged with an orange neck lymph nodes this time,” he said. intensively at the global level. ABOUT • Besides Malaysia, other world fatwa
wristband for a history of allergy and had to be 2. Major global investment by various parties institutions have also decreed the need for
observed for 30 minutes following the e next day, Ong was well enough to do (governments, world bodies, pharmaceutical vaccine use – al-Azhar al-Sharif in Egypt;
injection. birdwatching and bird photography outdoors 3. Drawing from the result of previous studies VACC NES Fatwa Council of the United Arab Emirates
companies, and individuals).
with a friend, as the soreness and swelling in Government; and Majma ‘Fuqaha’ al-Shari’ah
“Two nurses came to check on me. ere were his arm had subsided. on pathogens that have triggered in the US.
doctors and nurses with all the appropriate pandemics, pidemics, and endemics –
drugs and equipment at the station to deal “According to current data for the P zer Nipah Virus, Severe Acute.
with any post-vaccination reactions, especially vaccine, I will be 90% protected against Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Do the vaccines cause autism?
potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis,” COVID-19 infection after two weeks. I still East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
he said. maintain all the standard SOPs for 4. Involved 10 times the usual number of Do mRNA vaccines affect my DNA? No evidence exists that vaccines cause autism
COVID-19 prevention. I urge everyone to volunteers compared to other vaccines. It or autistic disorders.
please sign up for vaccination. It is important was easier to get volunteers for clinical trials No, mRNA do not interfere with our DNA.
to do so for your protection, as well as because the pandemic posed a global threat. mRNA never enters the nucleus of the cell, Who should be prioritised for
protection for the community through herd which is where our DNA (genetic material) vaccination?
immunity,” he said. is kept.
Who are the people who People su ering from:
cannot be vaccinated? • Diabetes
• Obesity
“I hope that life can return to Some groups will need further consideration - Currently, clinical trials that have been • Hypertension/high-blood pressure
normal, where we can do away prior to receiving the vaccine: conducted are for volunteers aged 18 and above. • Hypercholesterolaemia
with our masks and see the full • Individuals with severe allergies - Several vaccine companies will be conducting • Heart disease (congenital heart disease, atrial
clinical trials on children.
faces of people and their smiles. • Pregnant women - As such, the Malaysian government will brillation, coronary artery disease and heart
Where we can mingle freely • Individuals who have recently tested positive consider the use of the COVID-19 vaccine failure)
• Lung disease (Asthma, Chronic Obstructive
together again, see our loved for COVID-19 in children when there is scienti c data that Pulmonary Disease (COPD))
• Individuals with immune system issues
ones if we are separated from (immunocompromised) proves its e ectiveness and safety to those in • Cancer (treatment completed and disease
them, and travel again. I also • Children (Individuals under the age of 18) this age group. stable)
hope that businesses will thrive • Pregnancy with co-morbidities (Between
again, and that people get an 1 Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) 8 Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) 14-33 weeks)
2 e Special Committee for Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), co-chaired by under the US Department of Health & Human Services
opportunity to earn a MOH and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/ • Chronic kidney disease: Stages 3-5,
livelihood to support https://www.vaksincovid.gov.my/pdf/Program_Imunisasi_COVID-19_Kebangsaan_Versi_Bahasa_Inggeris.pdf adverse-events.html undergoing dialysis
9 CDC
3 World Health Organization (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/safety-of-covid-19-vaccines
themselves and their families.” 4 JKJAV https://www.vaksincovid.gov.my/pdf/Program_Imunisasi_COVID-19_Kebangsaan_Versi_Bahasa_Inggeris.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/di ere
5 JKJAV https://www.vaksincovid.gov.my/upload/media/Vaccination-What-You-Need-To-Know_Eng.pdf
nt-vaccines/mrna.html
6 e Special Committee for Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), co-chaired by 10 Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) and e World Health Organization (WHO)
MOH and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/topics/mmr/Dec_2002/en/
https://www.vaksincovid.gov.my/pdf/Program_Imunisasi_COVID-19_Kebangsaan_Versi_Bahasa_Inggeris.pdf 11 Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM)
7 WHO https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/side-e ects-of-covid-19-vaccines