KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will buy additional Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 doses, bringing the total secured to 32 million, science minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Monday.

The total amount of doses secured is expected to be enough to cover 50% of Malaysia's population, Khairy said.

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