Malaysia to receive vaccines donated by Japan, US this week

Reuters
June 30, 2021 15:21 MYT

Khairy said Japan's donation of 1 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines will be received on Thursday. Image via FB \ Khairy Jamaluddin

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will receive 1 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines donated by Japan on Thursday, science minister Khairy Jamaluddin told reporters on Wednesday.

The country will also receive another 1 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine donated by the United States on Friday, Khairy said.

Japan has agreed to donate similar amounts of the AstraZeneca vaccine to the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia also.

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