Gov't procures additional 12.2 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

The government has signed a deal to buy an additional 12.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by US and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech, said the health ministry.

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