AstraZeneca: Govt prepares vaccine backup plans

The government has prepared several backup plans in the event that it has to postpone the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

He said the move was mooted in the event that the vaccine was found to be unsuitable for use in the country.

“If we have to defer, or if we find that AstraZeneca is unsuitable, we have some other (backup) plans. For example, we received an offer from...