Among the headlines for Friday, 18th December, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah left for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, today for a five-day special visit to discuss Abu Dhabi’s intention to donate 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Malaysia.

Also, Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is now expected to become the second vaccine allowed in a Western country, after a panel of US experts recommended emergency use approval.

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