KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — The Malaysian government has entered an agreement to purchase 6.4 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today.
He also said the government was in advanced talks to procure additional doses of comparable vaccines from Sinovac, CanSino and Gamaleya.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, who was at today’s signing ceremony, said Malaysia was now on track to secure enough vaccines to surpass the rate needed for herd immunity against Covid-19.
“After signing deals with COVAX, Pfizer & AstraZeneca and finalising agreements with Sinovac, CanSino & Gamaleya, we will have vaccines for almost 83 per cent of our population at RM 2.05 billion,” Khairy said on Twitter.
“With this announcement, I hope it clears up the misinformation spread by [Lim Kit Siang] that we spent RM3 billion on just the Pfizer deal alone that covers 20 per cent of our population.”
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