Malaysia starts rollout of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Pressing ahead with its immunization drive, Malaysia started administering COVID-19 vaccine doses made by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech on Thursday.

Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin became the first recipient of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine in the country, receiving the jab at the Rembau Hospital in Negeri Sembilan state.

Malaysia received a batch of finished Sinovac vaccines doses from China on Monday after Malaysia's regulators gave conditional approval. Another shipment is expected later this month.