1mil doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive from US

1mil doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive from US

The donation is part of 80 million doses Washington is giving to countries to address the vaccine disparity.

The plane with the 1 million doses of Pfizer vaccine at Subang airport. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA:
The one million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US government arrived at 8.10 this morning at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang.

The vaccine was shipped via a Raya Airways aircraft.

The donation is part of 80 million doses the Biden administration has pledged to give to other countries amid concerns of vaccine disparity between the advanced and developing nations.

The minister coordinating the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Khairy Jamaluddin, thanked the US government for the donation.

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