COVID-19: I will take Sinovac or Sputnik V vaccine injection - Khairy

SEPANG: Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Khairy Jamaluddin, has stressed that he is not taking the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Instead, Khairy, who is also the Coordinating Minister for National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, will be the first to take whichever vaccine that will be approved next.

According to him, it does not matter if the vaccine is Sinovac or Sputnik V, whichever is approved first, and he will take that vaccine.

"I see the prime minister (Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin) and many other dignitaries such as the menteri besar have received the vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech).

"So, the people are more confident (with Pfizer-BioNTech) now.

"(So) I will take the vaccine that will be approved next," he said at a press conference in conjunction with the arrival of the second supply of COVID-19 vaccine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Saturday.