Malaysia has donated approximately 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh and Laos

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

To ensure that international places in need have equal access to Covid-19 vaccines, the authorities have decided to donate 559,200 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh and 283,400 doses to Laos.

Only 20% of Bangladesh's population and 24% of Laos' population had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of December 6, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

He stated that both international destinations would receive their offers on December 6 and 8, respectively.

Khairy further stated that, independent of contributions, Malaysia had enough vaccine shares for adult and adolescent vaccination programmes, as well as booster doses for those who were qualified.

 

"The Ministry of Health (MOH) expects that the contribution would aid each government's efforts to halt the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic and boost immunisation rates in their particular overseas locations."

"The Malaysian government, through MOH and Wisma Putra (Foreign Affairs Ministry), will continue to identify and assist international locations with poor vaccination rates by making Covid-19 vaccine contributions available," he said in a statement.

 

According to Khairy, Malaysia has previously received a total of 2,913,790 vaccine doses from four countries, including Japan, the United States, China, and the United Kingdom.

"The contribution aided in increasing the speed of vaccination protection in the country, and now Malaysia aspires to do the same for other countries in need," he added.

 

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Edited December 7, 2021 by ASEAN NOW Content Team