According to the Malaysia’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Handbook, Malaysia will be getting five vaccines.
1.) Pfizer-BioNTech
Country of origin: US
Type: mRNA vaccine
Dose required: 2 doses (3 weeks apart)
Efficacy rate: 95%
2.) AstraZeneca
Country of origin: UK
Type: Viral Vector Vaccine
Dose required: 2 doses (4 weeks apart)
Efficacy rate: 62% – 90%
3.) Sinovac
Country of origin: China
Type: Inactivated virus vaccine
Dose required: 2 doses (2 weeks apart)
Efficacy rate: 50.4% – 91.25%
4.) CanSinoBIO
Country of origin: China
Type: Viral vector vaccine
Dose required: 1 dose only
Efficacy rate: 65.7%
5.) Sputnik V
Country of origin: Russia
Type: Viral vector vaccine
Dose required: 2 doses (3 weeks apart)
Efficacy rate: 91.6% |