KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 26): AstraZeneca vaccine recipients cannot yet register in advance to walk in for their Covid-19 booster shots, ProtectHealth Corporation said on Sunday (Dec 26), as the earliest batch will only be eligible from Jan 8.

Citing ProtectHealth CEO Anas Alam Faizli on Friday (Dec 24), health news portal CodeBlue said said those initially vaccinated with AstraZeneca-Oxford’s shot can register on vaccination centres’ (PPVs) waiting lists once they have fulfilled the recommended six months’ interval period after their second dose.

ProtectHealth manages private medical practitioners involved in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).

“Eligible AstraZeneca recipients would start receiving their appointment as the six-month interval is met.

“If they are eligible and did not receive appointments, they can also register in a backup vaccinee list,” said Anas.

He said that for now, no AstraZeneca recipients are eligible yet, as the six-month interval is not met.

“They can start registering as a backup list once they’re eligible.”

“They can visit the ProtectHealth website to see the list of PPVs, contact the PPVs and register their details as a backup vaccinee list,” he said.

Anas said the backup list is used by PPVs to call individuals to walk in and replace any no-shows.

However, certain PPVs — such as Biomedicare Clinic and Klink Ceria in Johor, as well as Family Care Clinic Sepanggar in Sabah — were ready to include ineligible vaccine recipients in their waiting lists.