PM: Covid-19 vaccines for 6.4 million Malaysians as early as January next year

Published on 27 Nov 2020 7:29:38 PM

The government has started rolling out a RM3bil plan to gain enough Covid-19 vaccines to immunise 6.4 million of the population, as soon the vaccine has been proven safe enough to be used as early as Jan 2021, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The Prime Minister said that on Friday (Nov 27), adding that both agreements with Pfizer and Covax facility are expected to gain the country’s access to the Covid-19 vaccine for 30% of the Malaysian population.

Muhyiddin also announced that the Health Ministry will begin a Phase Three clinical study in Dec 2020 on the Covid-19 vaccine with the People’s Republic of China.

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