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Govt now has 60pc total doses of Covid-19 vaccine, says Dr Adham Baba

A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the UiTM Private Specialist Centre in Sungai Buloh March 2, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the UiTM Private Specialist Centre in Sungai Buloh March 2, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba today confirmed the government has received extra doses of the Covid-19 vaccines from several makers procured following negotiations last year.

He said the amount is nearly 60 per cent of the doses negotiated for.

“This morning I signed the agreement to obtain 20 per cent more of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. 

“We have also secured another 12 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine — the one which is made in our country,” he said in a joint press conference with Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. 

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