Extra vaccine order will cover half of M’sia


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s total procurement of 32 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will be enough to cover half its population, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

“(Health Minister) Dr Adham (Baba) should be signing the deal in the next two days, ” he told reporters after his visit yesterday to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), which is serving as a Vaccination Dispensing Centre.

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