KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has appointed DKSH Malaysia to store and distribute CanSino vaccines nationwide, effective today.

Under this agreement, DKSH Malaysia will store and distribute CanSino vaccines to all MOH-designated vaccination centres (PPV) in East and West Malaysia.

The company, in a statement today said, the CanSino vaccines will be stored at DKSH Malaysia's ISO-certified healthcare distribution centre in Shah Alam, which has existing fit-for-purpose cold chain capabilities to handle life-saving drugs and highly sensitive temperature-controlled vaccines.

DKSH Malaysia Business Unit Healthcare vice-president Gary Chee assured that the company will preserve the quality and safety of the products, in accordance to their stringent quality standards. 

"For almost a century now, DKSH has been a pivotal partner in the history of Malaysian healthcare.

"Over the years, we have supported both public and private healthcare in several vaccine projects.

"With our proven distribution competence in East and West Malaysia, we are confident of providing reliable and safe cold chain services in accordance with good distribution practices and quality assurance standards for important and urgent deliveries like the Covid-19 vaccines," he said.

The first batch of single-dose CanSino vaccines, comprising 200,000 doses, arrived in Malaysia on Aug 20.

Health director-general Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said CanSino will become the first single-dose Covid-19 vaccine that will be used in Malaysia.

The country, he said, is expected to receive 3.5 million CanSino vaccines in stages, from China's CanSino Biologics. 

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2021/08/721176/dksh-appointed-store-distribute-cansino-vaccines-nationwide