Govt to seal vaccine purchase with Astrazeneca on Monday

The government will be concluding an agreement with AstraZeneca of the United Kingdom on Monday to purchase Covid-19 vaccine to meet the immunisation needs of 20 percent of the people in the country.

Health Minister Adham Baba said this is the third agreement after the government signed with Covax to buy 10 percent of its vaccine need and with Pfizer to cover 20 percent of Malaysia’s requirement last month.