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lawyer Datuk David Gurupatham, legal advisor to the Restaurant and Bistro Owners Association, said there is no scientific data that shows serving alcohol with food in a restaurant when patrons observe SOPs increases the risk of spreading the virus. AFP pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 Bars and restaurants in the Jalan Telawi area at Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur were left confused yesterday over allegedly different sets of instructions given by the police just hours apart on whether they could serve alcohol, a report has said.
PETALING JAYA: Cabinet Ministers returning from official trips overseas only qualify for the three-day observation period if they meet certain conditions, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Published on: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
By: Bernama
Dr Adham showing the agreement to Luksanawan.
PUTRAJAYA: The Government via the Health Ministry and Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Monday signed an agreement for the first phase delivery of the Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT1262b vaccines in Malaysia.
The manufacturing and supply agreement for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines was signed via a live conference by Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba, on behalf of the Malaysian government, and for Pfizer, its Country Manager (Malaysia and Brunei) Luksanawan Thangpaibool.
The agreement was an extension of the Binding Heads of Terms agreement signed on Nov 24, 2020.
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The agreement with Pfizer (Malaysia) involves the procurement of 12,799,800 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to be supplied from the end of February to cover 20 per cent of the population who will each receive two doses, MOH said in a statement Monday.
PUTRAJAYA: The government signed a deal to buy an additional 12.2 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by US and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech, says the Health Ministry (MOH).
The ministry said that this brings the total amount of the Pfizer vaccine procured by Malaysia to 25 million doses, enough to cover 39% of the population.
The government via MOH and Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd on Monday (Jan 11) also signed the manufacturing and supply agreement for the pharmaceutical company’s Covid-19 vaccine in Malaysia.
Monday s agreement was an extension of the Binding Heads of Terms agreement signed on Nov 24,2020.
The agreement was signed via a live conference by Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba, on behalf of the Malaysian Government, and for Pfizer, its Country Manager (Malaysia and Brunei) Luksanawan Thangpaibool.
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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Prime Minister Yassin directs government to buy more vaccines to immunize 70% of population against coronavirus
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.