KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has signed a deal to procure 6.4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Tuesday.
The government is also in final negotiations with China-based manufacturers Sinovac and CanSino as well as Russia’s Gamaleya Institute to procure their vaccines, Muhyiddin said in a televised address.
Malaysia expects to buy enough supplies to cover more than 80% of its population, he said.
(Reporting by Rozanna Latiff and Liz Lee; Editing by Tom Hogue)
