KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will receive over 183,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) today.
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Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said there will be 83,070 doses of Pfizer-BionTech and 100,000 of Sinovac.
Khairy added that there will be two more deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines from the two pharmaceutical companies later this month.
On March 22, Khairy said there will be 124,020 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and 100,000 doses from Sinovac.
On March 29, another 125,190 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech will be brought in.
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“By March 29, the cumulative number of Pfizer doses received by Malaysia will be 1,000,350 doses.
“This will complete the delivery of vaccine doses for the first quarter of this year.
“On March 18 at 1.30pm, we will start vaccinating recipients with the Sinovac doses at the Rembau Hospital and I will be the first to receive it,” he said today.
Khairy said this during the weekly virtual press conference on the implementation of the NIP, here, today. Also present was Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.- NST