With community pharmacists who have received their first vaccination of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine awaiting their second jab with the Pfizer vaccine this month, the health authorities announced that there are no safety concerns regarding the ‘mix-and-match' of the vaccines.

The authorities explained that though mild side effects were observed, no severe adverse events were reported after receiving the vaccine mix, therefore, there are no safety issues pertaining to mixing doses of the two vaccines.

Guidelines with the said information was issued by the COVID-19 Vaccination Promotion Team in response to the safety concerns raised by some ahead of the ‘temporary mixed-dose inoculatio