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6 March 2023

Audit: Over Five Million COVAX Vaccine Doses Yet To Arrive

Malaysia has yet to receive 5.08 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility, as of August 2022, despite having paid RM94 million upfront for nearly 6.5 million doses agreed under Gavi, according to the Auditor-General’s report.

22 April 2022

World

Lessons From COVAX Could Help Vaccine Equity

COVAX was supposed to be the elixir for vaccine inequality -- it wasn’t. However, lessons can be taken from previous global experiences to help make progress.

4 July 2021

Malaysia

COVAX Demands Equal Recognition Of Covid-19 Vaccines

The global COVAX Facility says not recognising certain shots for travel will create a two-tier system and exacerbate the inequity already seen in vaccine distribution.

23 June 2021

Malaysia

COVAX An ‘Abysmal Failure’, Khairy Tells World Bank

Malaysia has only received 828,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from global vaccine sharing programme COVAX to date, 12.9% of the 6.4 million doses ordered.

17 June 2021

Malaysia

Malaysia May Expedite Second AstraZeneca Vaccine Dose If Supply Permits

The government is also studying mixing Covid-19 vaccines by using AstraZeneca as the first dose and Pfizer as the second to boost efficacy against new variants, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

1 April 2021

Malaysia

COVAX To Supply Malaysia Vaccines By June: Unicef

Unicef says it’s unclear if COVAX's Covid-19 vaccine supply timeline for Malaysia will be affected by the lower-than-planned deliveries from South Korea for COVAX participants in March.

31 March 2021

Malaysia

Malaysia Getting 600,000 AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses In June: Khairy

Vaccine Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says the 600,000 doses are from the direct procurement made by the Malaysian government with AstraZeneca that will be coming from Thailand.

31 March 2021

Malaysia

Will India’s Vaccine Export Ban Hit Malaysia’s COVAX Supply?

India’s temporary hold on exports of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India has affected South Korea -- which produces doses under COVAX for Malaysia -- amid production delays at a South Korean vaccine manufacturing plant.

23 December 2020

Malaysia

Malaysia Reserves Option To Double Pfizer Vaccine Order

The government is also procuring AstraZeneca’s vaccine under COVAX to cover another 10% of the Malaysian population, on top of direct purchases to cover 10% of the population.

22 December 2020

Malaysia

Malaysia Among Fastest In Asia Pacific To Access Covid-19 Vaccines: Fitch

Safety or lower efficacy issues with Chinese vaccines, which have yet to show Phase 3 clinical trial results, could delay vaccine access for Asian countries to the end of 2021, says Fitch Solutions.

Tag: COVAX

Audit: Over Five Million COVAX Vaccine Doses Yet To Arrive

Lessons From COVAX Could Help Vaccine Equity

COVAX Demands Equal Recognition Of Covid-19 Vaccines

COVAX An ‘Abysmal Failure’, Khairy Tells World Bank

Malaysia May Expedite Second AstraZeneca Vaccine Dose If Supply Permits

COVAX To Supply Malaysia Vaccines By June: Unicef

Malaysia Getting 600,000 AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses In June: Khairy

Will India’s Vaccine Export Ban Hit Malaysia’s COVAX Supply?

Malaysia Reserves Option To Double Pfizer Vaccine Order

Malaysia Among Fastest In Asia Pacific To Access Covid-19 Vaccines: Fitch

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