: Malaysia has been urged to join the Covax Facility, a global initiative led by the World Health Organisation to develop and distribute effective vaccines against Covid-19.
As the Sept 18 deadline approaches, the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society has urged the government to sign up to be guaranteed access to the vaccines. Noting that two Malaysian companies – Duopharma Biotech and Pharmaniaga – will be involved in the fill-and-finish of the vaccines, Amrahi said efforts could be made to manufacture them in the country.
Failure to join the Covax initiative would mean that Malaysia needs to rely on a buffer of doses for emergency and humanitarian use in the event of severe outbreaks of Covid cases.
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