Covid-19: Only enough Sinovac for second jabs now, states to switch to Pfizer-BioNTech gradually, says Dr Adham

PUTRAJAYA: States will begin dispensing more Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines over Sinovac, as the country has started to receive more supplies of the former, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

The Health Minister said Malaysia has procured a total of 45.7 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines - the country’s biggest order of all.

“We will start to move on to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as we started giving out many Sinovac vaccines to states at first.

“We ordered 16 million doses of Sinovac vaccines, and half have already been given out. The other half needs to be kept for second doses.

“So, after this, other states will also be switching gradually to Pfizer-BioNTech,” said Dr Adham at a press conference Thursday (July 15).

He was responding to a question on the Kelantan Health Department’s announcement that it will be stopping Sinovac jabs at the end of this month.