PUTRAJAYA: Adolescents who have received appointments for booster shots via MySejahtera have been told to ignore them.

       Similarly, adults who have received their third dose but have been given a date for their booster shot need not fulfil the appointment. The Health Ministry’s MySejahtera unit said there was a technical issue involving the system, which had given out appointments automatically according to the different types of vaccines’ time gap.

       “Because of this, the system had issued appointment dates for booster shots to adolescents, or those aged 17 and below, as well as to adults who have already received their booster.

       “It is the ministry’s policy that booster shots are only given to those who are 18 and above. And no second booster or fourth dose be administered to the public,” it said in a statement yesterday.

       It advised those who had confirmed appointments for their booster or fourth dose through a link sent via MySejahtera to cancel them.

       “They need not come to vaccination centres and the vaccination centres (PPV) have been informed of the matter. They will decline giving booster shots to adolescents and also will not fulfil appointments for the second booster shot for adult individuals.”