Carian mengenai topik Pfizer vaccine

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today that he wants Malaysians to know that he's very happy with the deal with Pfizer for its Covid-19 vaccine.

"I want to be as transparent as possible. I want to tell Malaysians that I am very happy with the price we got from Pfizer. Even based on the so-called leak about the EU price, I'm even happier about the price that we got."

He said this after the opposition raised concern over the RM3 billion allocation for the government to purchase the Covid-19 vaccine.

The NPRA has received 1,047 reports of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) associated with the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as of Jan 31.

Pfizer and BioNTech are expected to submit an emergency use authorisation request for children aged six months to 5 years.

The Health Ministry (MOH) will begin COVID-19 vaccination for children aged five to 11 starting this February, as soon as the Pfizer vaccine (for children) supply arrives here.

The expected change comes with headaches for receiving countries that lack sufficient cold storage capacity to handle the Pfizer vaccine.

It is based on more than 211,000 positive COVID-19 test results from Nov. 15 to Dec. 7, around 78,000 of which were attributed to Omicron.

Australia's medicine regulator provisionally approved on Sunday the Pfizer Inc coronavirus vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11.

The findings from studies abroad including Thailand, Chile and Turkey showed good efficacy of the Comirnaty vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech as a booster dose.

The process involving the administering of booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine for today is from 9.30 am until 4 pm at the Banquet Hall.

Berejiklian's comments did not go down very well with other states who are unwilling to spare doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

The Johor Bahru City Council (MBJB) has never issued any statement on registration forms for Pfizer vaccine under a certain party's quota as shared on social media platforms recently.

Medical data from vaccine use showed that both Sinovac and Pfizer vaccines are equally effective against COVID-19.

His Majesty Al-Sultan Abdullah also thanked US Ambassador to Malaysia, Brian McFeeters, for the contribution.

McFeeters said the vaccine contribution is a reflection of the partnership between between Malaysia and United States.

Malaysia will receive one million doses of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine contributed by the United States (US) on Monday (July 5), Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said.