Ismail Sabri: Govt to acquire 8.2 million doses of Sinovac vaccine by end of June


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The government will be acquiring a total of 8.2 million doses of Sinovac vaccine by the end of June with 3.8 million of them through the “fill and finish” process by Pharmaniaga Life Science Sdn Bhd.

Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 4.4 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were imported directly from China with 400,000 already distributed and one million doses have arrived, adding that the remaining three million would be received by the end of next month.

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