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<p>KUALA LUMPUR&nbsp; - Malaysia will procure an additional 12.8 million doses of coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech in a bid to ramp up its immunisation programme, science minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Thursday (May 27).</p>

<p>The procurement brings the total amount of doses secured from the US&nbsp;and German drugmakers to 44.8 million, enough to cover 70 per cent of Malaysia’s population, Khairy said.&nbsp;</p>
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 Vials with a sticker reading, "Covid-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken Oct 31, 2020.

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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will procure an additional 12.8 million doses of coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech in a bid to ramp up its immunisation programme, science minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Thursday (May 27). The procurement brings the total amount of doses secured from the US and German drugmakers to 44.8 million, enough to cover 70...

Malaysia to procure 12.8m more doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine