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Sinovac, Pfizer equally effective, says health DG - superadmin - 07-20-2021 PETALING JAYA: Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has rubbished claims on the substandard quality of China’s Sinovac vaccine, stating that it is as effective as the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19. This, he said, is based on published medical data on Sinovac. In a Facebook post, Noor Hisham said that on July 7, the New England Journal of Medicine published a report on the Sinovac experience in Chile from February to May on 4.2 million fully vaccinated individuals compared to 5.5 million not vaccinated. “Sinovac was found to reduce Covid-19 infection by 65.9%, reduce hospitalisation by 87.5%, reduce ICU admission by 90.3% and reduce deaths by 86.3%,” he said. He said the Israeli health ministry had also pointed out recently that the Pfizer vaccine reduced infection by 64% against Covid-19, but was 93% effective against hospitalisation and serious illness. - More -