Malaysia gets first shipment of 624,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses for children

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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has received the first shipment of 624,000 Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty 10mcg Concentrate for Dispersion vaccine doses that will be used for the vaccination of children aged five to 12 in February, says the Health Ministry.

It said a Raya Air TH383 aircraft carrying the vaccines landed at 7.15am on Friday morning at Subang airport.

"Today, about 72 vaccine boxes will be sent to 52 Ultra Low Freezer Vaccine storage centres in 12 states and territories including Pahang, Melaka, Johor, Negri Sembilan, Sabah, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Labuan, Selangor, Kelantan and Terengganu. The ministry estimates that there are four million children aged five to 12 who would be eligible to receive the vaccine.

 

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