1 million US COVID-19 vaccine doses due in Malaysia on Jul 5 – CNA

WASHINGTON: One million donated doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech will arrive in Malaysia on Monday (Jul 5), White House officials said, with plans for more shipments to Southeast Asia soon. The shipment is from an initial batch of 80 million United States-made vaccine doses that the Biden administration pledged last month to share globally amid concern about the disparity in vaccination rates between advanced and developing countries. Washington has been competing with China to deepen geopolitical clout through so-called "vaccine diplomacy", although it says it is not sharing vaccines to secure favours or extract concessions,…