Covid-19: Negotiations on bivalent vaccines with Pfizer ongoing, says Dr Zaliha


Dr. Zaliha Mustafa (center)

KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa (pic) said the Health Ministry is still in a process of negotiating with Pfizer Sdn Bhd in regards to the Covid-19 bivalent vaccines.

"I’ll be meeting them, maybe in a few week's time, then we’ll settle on that matter and hopefully we can get the bivalent vaccines as soon as possible,” she said after launching the Elekta Versa HD Linear Accelerator (Linac) system in conjunction with World Cancer Day 2023 at KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital, on Friday (Feb 24).

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