KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (July 1): Pfizer Inc, an American global pharmaceutical corporation, announced today that it will exclusively offer central governments and supranational organizations like as COVAX with its Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use in national vaccination programs. Pfizer Inc. and its global affiliates have not approved anybody to import, market, or distribute the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, according to a statement released today.
“All of our current Covid-19 vaccine supply agreements are with government agencies to combat the global health pandemic. We believe they are in the best position to deliver vaccines fairly and equally among their populations during a pandemic.
“At this time, there is no authorized private distributor of our vaccine anywhere in the world.” It stated that “the quality and efficacy of any vaccination going through any non-authorized channels cannot be guaranteed and should be regarded as questionable, potentially placing lives in danger.”
It also stated that it has worked closely with the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) in Malaysia since the start of the pandemic and is committed to providing Malaysians with a safe and secure supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
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Malaysia’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, announced on Wednesday that one million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be delivered on Friday (July 2).
He also stated that the government will reveal its decision on whether or not to keep the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination available to teenagers on Friday.
Following reports of negative effects such as heart inflammation, the government said it will review its prior decision to inoculate minors with the Pfizer vaccine.
Malaysia had received 4.08 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses, 3.69 million Sinovac doses, and 828,000 AstraZeneca doses as of June 21.
According to the latest data released by the JKJAV, 2.31 million Malaysians had been fully vaccinated as of Wednesday, while 3.47 million had received their first vaccine dose./n
