Singapore Airlines: The delivery of this first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Singapore is an important milestone in the fight against Covid-19, and we are honoured to be able to play a part in this

Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said that such an initiative is meant to “spur economic growth in the city and in turn, encourage job creation”.

To address the spread of the pandemic

The Prime Minister said it would be followed by the frontliners, before being given to target groups, namely high-risk groups such as the elderly, those with non-communicable diseases and chronic respiratory diseases.

US President-elect Joe Biden: I am doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared, when it's available, to take the vaccine.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed: There are concerns about a fourth wave of the Covid-19 virus and at the same time, we hope that it will subside with the availability of vaccines.

Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the state health department is currently looking into the best mechanism for the purpose, apart from implementing targeted screening to reduce risk of transmission at the hospital.

This means that while countries like Britain, the US and Canada have already approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and are now carrying out vaccination exercises on their citizens, Malaysians, from the looks of it, will need to wait at least a few more months before anyone can get their shots.

They include consumer electronics player Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Bhd, condom manufacturer Karex Bhd, and electronics manufacturing service provider ATA IMS Bhd.

Following this surge of new cases, the current number of active cases — meaning those who carry high transmission risks — breached the 16,000 mark for the first time with 16,496.