Malaysia buys additional 12.2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine


Reuters | Kuala Lumpur | Updated: 11-01-2021 10:13 IST | Created: 11-01-2021 10:09 IST
Malaysia buys additional 12.2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
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Malaysia on Monday signed a deal to buy an additional 12.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by U.S. and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech, the health ministry said in a statement.

The deal brings the total amount of the Pfizer vaccines procured by Malaysia to 25 million doses, enough to cover 39% of its population, the ministry said.

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