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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is expected to secure access to the Covid-19 vaccine supply in the first quarter of next year.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) together with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti), in a joint statement today, said that priority will be given to leaders of the health and safety sectors, such as doctors, nurses, police and prison. and immigration staff.
“To date, the Ministry of Health has been in contact with eight vaccine developers whose inoculation is now in the third phase of clinical trials,” according to a statement issued after the first meeting of the Special Committee to Guarantee Access to Supplies of Vaccinations yesterday.
Mosti and the Health Ministry said the government was also concluding negotiations with Covax, an international initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines, which has nine candidates for the Covid-19 vaccine under the Global Alliance for Vaccine. and immunization (Gavi).
“The government will provide a financial allocation for the purchase of the vaccine through the Covid-19 Fund of the Ministry of Finance,” the statement said.
According to the statement, the special committee meeting, co-chaired by Health Minister Dr. Adham Baba and Mosti Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, also agreed to form four sub-committees in various ministries and agencies, according to specific tasks.
The special committee was formed to ensure that the supply of the Covid-19 vaccine is obtained immediately with Mosti and the Ministry of Health acting as the main committee in planning, implementing and monitoring the general strategy for the supply of the vaccine until that the immunization program is carried out.
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