KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27  — The Health Ministry (MOH) yesterday signed term sheet agreements with two vaccine suppliers, Pharmaniaga Lifescience Sdn Bhd (PLS) and Duopharma (M) Sdn Bhd for the procurement of 18.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine for 28.75 per cent of the Malaysian population.

MOSCOW, Nov 13 — The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Friday it had signed an agreement with South Korean bio-tech company GL Rapha to produce over 150 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine in South Korea annually, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported.

MOSCOW/BRASILIA, Sept 22 — Russia is so confident in its Covid-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the project told Reuters.

LONDON, Aug 21 — Russia's plan to roll-out its "Sputnik-V" Covid-19 vaccine even before full trials show how well it works is prompting concern among virus experts, who warn a partially effective shot may encourage the novel coronavirus to mutate.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — The proactive steps taken by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in carrying out public health activities have succeeded in curbing the spread of Covid-19 in Sarawak, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

MANILA, Aug 13 — The Philippines plans to launch clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October, with President Rodrigo Duterte expected to be inoculated as early as May next year, the presidential spokesman said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, Aug 12 — The vaccine, known as “Sputnik-V” was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute, and its mass production has already begun at AFK Sistema's Binnopharm pharmaceutical factory.

MOSCOW, August 12 — Russia has received a request for the production of 1 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology from 20 states, said head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev during an online conference.

MOSCOW, Aug 12 — The world's first registered vaccine against the coronavirus infection which was developed in Russia was named Sputnik-V, the official vaccine website launched on Tuesday said.