KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Tuesday it expects its COVID-19 vaccination plan to proceed as scheduled after the government received assurances from the EU and Belgian ambassadors about the delivery of Pfizer’s vaccine.
The Pfizer vaccine is produced in Belgium and the European Commission said on Friday it had agreed a plan to control exports of vaccines from the European Union, including to Britain, arguing it needed to do so to ensure its own supplies.
Malaysia’s science minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, said Belgian ambassador Pascal Gregoire gave his assurance that the Southeast Asian nation’s advanced purchase agreement with Pfizer will be fulfilled, upon Pfizer applying for export authorisation.
“With the assurances of both the EU and Belgian Ambassadors, the COVID-19 immunisation plan is expected to proceed according to plan,” Khairy said in a statement.
Malaysia announced on Monday that it expected to receive the first batch of Pfizer’s vaccine, jointly developed by…