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The Covid-19 vaccine created by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE has been approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The approval was reportedly the deciding factor as to whether Malaysia would go ahead with its order for the vaccine.
Late last month Malaysia announced that it had signed an agreement with Pfizer for 12.8 million doses of the vaccine to inoculate 6.4 million Malaysians.
That is equal to about 20% of the population.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin previously said that the vaccine will arrive in stages starting January.