Malaysia Inks COVID Vaccine Deal with AstraZeneca
Published December 20th, 2020 - 03:00 GMT
The vaccines are planned to be brought to the country in February next year and will be enough to vaccinate 20% of Malaysians, the minister said. (Shutterstock)
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Malaysia will sign a deal on Monday to purchase the COVID-19 vaccine from British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Addressing media on Saturday Malaysian Health Minister Adham Baba said the country reached an agreement with AstraZeneca for the purchase of vaccines.
The vaccines are planned to be brought to the country in February next year and will be enough to vaccinate 20% of Malaysians, the minister said.