Edited by seribulan at 20-8-2021 02:20 PM
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Malaysia receives 200,000 doses of CanSino vaccines
By JOSEPH KAOS
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia received 200,000 doses of CanSino vaccines on Friday (August 20) – the first shipment of 3.5 million doses ordered from China's CanSino Biologics.
The vaccine shipment arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 7.50am in a MASKargo flight from Beijing.
Present to witness the arrival of the vaccines were Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir and Health Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Shafiq Abdullah. [size=1em]CanSino is a single-dose vaccine and its usage in Malaysia was approved by the Drug Control Authority on June 15.
[size=1em]Solution Biologics is the product registration holder for CanSino in Malaysia.
So far, Malaysia has been utilising three vaccines for its National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme – Cominarty (Pfizer-BioNTech), CoronaVac (Sinovac) and AstraZeneca – and require two doses for full vaccination.
Malaysia has also granted approval to Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccines – another single-dose vaccine.
The single-dose regimen will make it easier for the government to reach out and vaccinate people in remote locations.
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