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Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021

We report COVID-19 deaths by vaccine types (inactivated whole-virion SARS-CoV-2 [hereinafter inactivated vaccine], BNT162b2, and ChAdOx1 vaccines), and vaccination status in Malaysia and further stratified the analysis by the presence of comorbidities. We used line list data on COVID-19 deaths until...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila, Raja, Dhesi Baha, Kuo, Alvin Jing Teo, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, William, Timothy, HS, Arvinder-Singh, Mokhtar, Siti Aisah, Choo, Yee Ting, Wei, Aun Yap, Chan, Michelle Yoon Kim, Edwin Amir, Lidwina
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spelling	oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:100662 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100662/ Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021 Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila Raja, Dhesi Baha Kuo, Alvin Jing Teo Kamarulzaman, Adeeba William, Timothy HS, Arvinder-Singh Mokhtar, Siti Aisah Choo, Yee Ting Wei, Aun Yap Chan, Michelle Yoon Kim Edwin Amir, Lidwina We report COVID-19 deaths by vaccine types (inactivated whole-virion SARS-CoV-2 [hereinafter inactivated vaccine], BNT162b2, and ChAdOx1 vaccines), and vaccination status in Malaysia and further stratified the analysis by the presence of comorbidities. We used line list data on COVID-19 deaths until 14 September 2021, made available publicly by the Ministry of Health Malaysia.1 We limited the analysis from 24 February 2021 onwards, after COVID-19 vaccines were introduced. For all vaccine types, we defined individuals to be fully vaccinated 14 days after the final dose. We considered individuals who received only the first dose or died within 14 days after the final dose as partially vaccinated. We calculated the age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population (ASMR) by the direct method of standardisation using the Malaysian population2 and the World Health Organization (WHO) standard population as reference and their corresponding 95% confidence interval. Elsevier 2022-01 Article PeerReviewed Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila and Raja, Dhesi Baha and Kuo, Alvin Jing Teo and Kamarulzaman, Adeeba and William, Timothy and HS, Arvinder-Singh and Mokhtar, Siti Aisah and Choo, Yee Ting and Wei, Aun Yap and Chan, Michelle Yoon Kim and Edwin Amir, Lidwina (2022) Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 18. art. no. 100354. pp. 1-3. ISSN 2666-6065 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(21)00263-7/fulltext 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100354
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description	We report COVID-19 deaths by vaccine types (inactivated whole-virion SARS-CoV-2 [hereinafter inactivated vaccine], BNT162b2, and ChAdOx1 vaccines), and vaccination status in Malaysia and further stratified the analysis by the presence of comorbidities. We used line list data on COVID-19 deaths until 14 September 2021, made available publicly by the Ministry of Health Malaysia.1 We limited the analysis from 24 February 2021 onwards, after COVID-19 vaccines were introduced. For all vaccine types, we defined individuals to be fully vaccinated 14 days after the final dose. We considered individuals who received only the first dose or died within 14 days after the final dose as partially vaccinated. We calculated the age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population (ASMR) by the direct method of standardisation using the Malaysian population2 and the World Health Organization (WHO) standard population as reference and their corresponding 95% confidence interval.
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author	Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila Raja, Dhesi Baha Kuo, Alvin Jing Teo Kamarulzaman, Adeeba William, Timothy HS, Arvinder-Singh Mokhtar, Siti Aisah Choo, Yee Ting Wei, Aun Yap Chan, Michelle Yoon Kim Edwin Amir, Lidwina
spellingShingle	Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila Raja, Dhesi Baha Kuo, Alvin Jing Teo Kamarulzaman, Adeeba William, Timothy HS, Arvinder-Singh Mokhtar, Siti Aisah Choo, Yee Ting Wei, Aun Yap Chan, Michelle Yoon Kim Edwin Amir, Lidwina Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021
author_facet	Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila Raja, Dhesi Baha Kuo, Alvin Jing Teo Kamarulzaman, Adeeba William, Timothy HS, Arvinder-Singh Mokhtar, Siti Aisah Choo, Yee Ting Wei, Aun Yap Chan, Michelle Yoon Kim Edwin Amir, Lidwina
author_sort	Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila
title	Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021
title_short	Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021
title_full	Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021
title_fullStr	Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021
title_full_unstemmed	Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021
title_sort	characterisation of covid-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in malaysia between february and september 2021
publisher	Elsevier
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Characterisation of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination types and status in Malaysia between February and September 2021

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