{"id":10158,"date":"2021-07-01T20:21:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10158"},"modified":"2021-07-01T20:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T12:21:42","slug":"one-million-doses-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-from-japan-arrive-in-klia-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10158","title":{"rendered":"One million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan arrive in KLIA today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEPANG, July 1 — Malaysia today received one million doses of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine donated by Japan to further intensify the vaccination process under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vaccines arrived at the Gate C32 of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Japan Airlines flight  JAL723 (Boeing 787) at 5.20 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those present to witness the arrival were Japan\u2019s Ambassador to Malaysia, Hiroshi Oka; Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein; and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this\u00a0contribution, Malaysia has received a total of 1,828,000 doses of the AZ vaccine as of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier, Malaysia’s Ambassador to Japan Datuk Kennedy Jawan was at the Narita International Airport, Chiba, Japan at 10.20 am (Malaysian time) to witness the sending-off of the vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AZ vaccines will be sent to vaccination centres in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor Bahru, Penang and Sarawak under the PICK programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan has agreed to donate similar amounts of the AZ vaccine to the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Oka said the vaccine donation from Japan to Malaysia was the latest symbol of the longstanding friendship between both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn his message to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the contribution to Malaysia was a token of the deep friendship between Japan and Malaysia,\u201d Oka said, noting that next year marks the 65th anniversary of the Japan-Malaysia diplomatic relations as well as the 40th anniversary of the Look East Policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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