Govt to seal Covid-19 vaccine purchase deal with AstraZeneca on Monday (Dec 21), says Health Minister


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 19 Dec 2020

KLUANG (Bernama): The government will be concluding an agreement with the United Kingdom's AstraZeneca on Monday (Dec 21) to buy Covid-19 vaccines to meet the immunisation needs of 20% of the people in Malaysia.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (pic) said this is the third agreement after the government signed with Covax to buy 10% of its vaccine needs and with Pfizer to cover 20% of Malaysia’s requirements last month.

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