Malaysia To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Donated By The US And Japan This Week!

Looks like more Malaysians will get their vaccination appointments soon! 

Photo via CGTN

According to Reuters, Malaysia will receive 1 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines donated by Japan today (July 1st), while the United States will be donating 1 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Friday (July 2nd). 

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin told reporters that Japan has also agreed to donate similar amounts of the AstraZeneca vaccine to the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. 

So far, Malaysia has administered over 7.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday (June 29th).

Jumlah pemberian vaksin COVID-19 setakat 29 Jun 2021 ialah 7,824,912 dos.

231,733 dos pada 29 Jun.

Jumlah yang terima dos pertama ialah 5,610,911 orang. Daripada jumlah itu, 2,214,001 orang juga terima dos kedua.

Daftar di MySejahtera, https://t.co/jWUzMEwwWM, Tel 1800888828 pic.twitter.com/bW1kJ8sIgK

— Dr Adham Baba (@DrAdhamBaba) June 30, 2021

The five states that recorded the highest number of people who have completed two doses of the vaccine were Selangor with 287,127 recipients followed by Sarawak (246,259), Johor (233,239), Perak (201,040) and Sabah (188,690). 

Soon, more people will be vaccinated and hopefully we can live our lives normally again! 

So, have you registered for the COVID-19 vaccine yet?

By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat