{"id":6142,"date":"2020-09-29T13:14:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T05:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2020-09-29T13:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T05:14:04","slug":"malaysia-to-finalise-covid-19-vaccine-selection-by-early-2021-khairy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6142","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia to finalise COVID-19 vaccine selection by early 2021 – Khairy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — The government is expected to be able to decide on the COVID-19 vaccine by early next year, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this being that the data  from several COVID-19 vaccine clinical tests would be analysed at the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the ministry was currently discussing with the Health Ministry, Finance Ministry and the Attorney General\u2019s Chamber on the legal implication and procurement model for the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are also in direct discussion with other international pharmaceutical companies for direct supply without having to undergo the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) allocation plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have also requested for an agreement with China to be finalised as soon as possible as\u00a0the draft is almost completed,\u201d he said after launching the first wireless mobile phone charger in Malaysia\u00a0known as METT\u00a0(Malaysian Energy Transmission Technology).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khairy said that the negotiation with COVAX on Malaysia\u2019s participation in the facility to obtain the required COVID-19 vaccine was ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are still discussing some matters with COVAX. The facility is for early purchase, so the procurement model is quite extraordinary. We pay for something that still doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the companies that had started the final COVID-19 vaccine clinical test are Moderna, Pfizer and BioNtech, AstraZeneca, University of Oxford and Johnson & Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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