World warmly welcomes Chinese vaccines (2)

Malaysia

A staff member checks the packages of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at Sinovac Biotech Ltd, in Beijing, Dec 25, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Malaysian government signed a deal on Jan 26 to procure 12 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac.

The vaccines would be supplied through Malaysia's leading pharmaceutical company Pharmaniaga following the signing of an agreement between the company and Malaysia's Health Ministry, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

Sinovac's vaccines are expected to be supplied to Malaysia in stages from April after obtaining approval from Malaysia's National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency and Drug Control Authority.

The Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to receive the Chinese-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shots, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Jan 19.

The Philippine government has said that it has secured 25 million doses of Sinovac-developed CoronaVac vaccines, which is seeking an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines.

The first batch of 50,000 doses of CoronaVac vaccines will arrive in the Philippines as early as February.