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17 Dec 2020 / 12:48 H. The government had access to the data to assess the quality, safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
KUALA LUMPUR: The selection of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by international pharmaceutical company Pfizer is based on an interim report of clinical trials of its effectiveness level, which is 95 percent, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the report was published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Dec 10, and even the government had access to the data to assess the quality, safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
“The vaccine has also received the Emergency Use Authorisation from seven countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Bahrain, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Singapore.
Small improvement: The better ranking has been attributed to the nation’s increase in average life expectancy to 76.2 years and its increase in Gross National Income per capita. IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
PETALING JAYA: While Malaysia has seen an improved Human Development Index (HDI) score this year, this value would have been lower if certain climate and environmental criteria were taken into account.
In the HDI report launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Malaysia moved up from its 63rd rank last year, to 62nd out of 189 countries this year in the index which measures human progress and well-being.
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