12 million doses in February

Coming our way: Dr Adham after adding his signature to the agreement to procure the Pfizer vaccine for Malaysia. Attending the signing ceremony on-screen is Thangpaibool at the Health Ministry. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: The government has signed an agreement for the first phase delivery of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines covering over 12 million doses.

The agreement for the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT1262b vaccine is to procure 12,799,800 doses to be supplied from the end of February, covering 20% of the population who will receive two doses.