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KUALA LUMPUR: The government has just signed an agreement with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the acquisition of an additional 10 percent or 6.4 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, announced Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
He said this meant that the government had secured a 40 percent guarantee of the vaccine supply through joint agreements with COVAX, Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
The government has previously signed preliminary agreements with Covax and Pfizer for the acquisition of the Covid-19 vaccine to ensure a vaccine supply of 30 percent of the population.
“The government is also in final negotiations with Sinovac, CanSino and Gamaleya to ensure an increase in the supply of vaccines of more than 80 percent or 26.5 million of the total population of the country,” he said in a video about the recent development of the Covid-19 vaccine. for Malaysians today.
The 80 percent supply exceeds the government’s initial goal of providing vaccines to 70 percent of Malaysians.
The Prime Minister said that through all the negotiations and agreements that have been and will be signed, the government will spend a total of 504.4 million dollars (2.05 billion RM).
Muhyiddin explained that the agreements with Sinovac, CanSino and Gamaleya would also bring added value to the local science and technology sectors, which would benefit the people and the development of the country.
“This includes carrying out vaccine bottling processes in the country, research and development, as well as sharing knowledge and technology transfer,” he said.
In the meantime, the government will continue to hold talks with other pharmaceutical companies to ensure that the country has adequate access to free supplies of vaccines.
He added that the vaccines obtained will be guaranteed to be safe and effective.
The Prime Minister explained that the government is aware that efforts to prevent Covid-19 from spreading further are important to ensure that the economic situation of the people and the country can improve as soon as possible.Called
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