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China Agrees To Prioritize Malaysia As A First Recipient Of Their COVID-19 Vaccines

The rapid creation of vaccines for COVID-19 shows a lot of positive progress nowadays. This effort could finally be found and we would finally be able to see the light at the end of this dark tunnel. The country that is currently working so hard to produce the vaccine in China and they have promised that they would prioritize Malaysia to be the first one to get the vaccine. This is such a great and happy news for all of us Malaysians.

Entering the month of October 2o20, China has successfully found four out of the total 10 COVID-19 vaccine candidates all over the world that have positively furthered to enter Phase Three clinical trials. This clinical trial would be the last step of testing before they could be regulatory approval.

According to the posting on Hishammuddin Hussein’s official Twitter social media platform, China has made a promise to give Malaysia priority recipient status for its COVID-19 vaccine once it has completed the development process. Based on the news reported by New Straits Times, Foreign Minister that is Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has said this was one of the things his Chinese counterpart named Wang Yi, had agreed to in a particular meeting that they have made during Wang Yi’s official visit to the country on the 13th of October 2020.

Hishammuddin Hussein said, “The country appreciated China’s commitment to prioritize Malaysia for their fully developed COVID-19 vaccine”. He also added during the press conference, “We also welcomed China’s agreement to encourage Chinese enterprises to establish all-round cooperation with Malaysian partners in vaccine research and development and distribution”.
Adib Mohd

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