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

A medical worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech for frontliners at the Rembau Hospital in Negeri Sembilan state of Malaysia, March 18, 2021. Malaysia on Thursday started to inoculate its people with the COVID-19 vaccine made by the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech as it pressed ahead with its national vaccination drive. Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin became the first recipient of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine in Malaysia, who received the jab at the Rembau Hospital in Negeri Sembilan state. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)