The first delivery of the CanSino Biologics’ Covid-19 vaccine doses will arrive in Malaysia sometime in July, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
However, Putrajaya has still not received a response from the Covax vaccine-sharing facility on when the Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses can be delivered to Malaysia, said Khairy, who's also the minister in charge of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
“We are about to receive the vaccine supply (from CanSino) in July. We are still finalising the delivery schedule for CanSino, but I am confident we can start distributing the CanSino vaccines by the end of July.
“For the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, we have yet to receive any response from the Covax facility.
“We have exercised our option with Covax to choose the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but until today Covax has yet to send any delivery schedule for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to Malaysia,” Khairy said today.
He was speaking at a joint press conference with Health Minister Dr Adham Baba held in Putrajaya and broadcasted online simultaneously.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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