Malaysia gets first shipment of 624,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses for children


  • Nation
  • Friday, 28 Jan 2022

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has received the first shipment of 624,000 Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty 10mcg Concentrate for Dispersion vaccine doses that will be used for the vaccination of children aged five to 12 in February, says the Health Ministry.

It said a Raya Air TH383 aircraft carrying the vaccines landed at 7.15am on Friday (Jan 28) morning at Subang airport.

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