foongkitmun, the main things are:

- Demand has increase significantly over the last few months, as compared to the first few months of the pandemic. Countries are also ready to pay a lot more.

- Countries are reluctantly relying more on China imports, because Malaysia cannot supply enough to satisfy the enormous demand currently. I expect that the demand for Chinese gloves will eventually subside. Japan is not importing almost any gloves from China.

- Supermax have signed a seemingly extremely lucrative contract with the Canadian government. They seem to be in very good relationship with governments in developed countries (Canada, UK, US).

After my write-up from a few days ago on the 2020 glove imports to the US, here is the second part covering the 2020 glove imports to the UK, Japan, and Canada:
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-14-story-h1541079550-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_UK_Japan_and_Canada_2020_Figures.jsp

After my write-up from a few days ago on the 2020 glove imports to the US, here is the second part covering the 2020 glove imports to the UK, Japan, and Canada:
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-14-story-h1541079550-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_UK_Japan_and_Canada_2020_Figures.jsp

After my write-up from a few days ago on the 2020 glove imports to the US, here is the second part covering the 2020 glove imports to the UK, Japan, and Canada:
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-14-story-h1541079550-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_UK_Japan_and_Canada_2020_Figures.jsp

After my write-up from a few days ago on the 2020 glove imports to the US, here is the second part covering the 2020 glove imports to the UK, Japan, and Canada:
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-14-story-h1541079550-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_UK_Japan_and_Canada_2020_Figures.jsp

kayap1, thank you for your comment. All the best wishes to you and your family, too!

Another forum member - Morpheus61, has previously shared this graph in regards with structured warrants (CWs) and their impact on the share price of Top Glove: https://imgur.com/IbLuY9C

The red line represents the "target price" of the IBs issuing the CWs, so that the CWs won't get exercised (won't be profitable to the holders). The yellow line is the approximate expected price mother share movement. As you can see, the price will be allowed to go up likely only after the end of this month as there are many CWs expiring on Feb 26. The price will then likely get suppressed again in May as there are CWs expiring at relatively low exercise prices around that time. After that the price will once again be let to go up.

Imagine333, thank you for your kind comment.

I truly hope the information helps.

probablity, CJkenho, thank you for your comments.

CJkenho, I will try to publish something on this matter soon.

lkoky, katsul51, thank you for your comments. Happy CNY to you, too!

In case anyone is interested: https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-11-story-h1541050724-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_United_States_2020_Figures.jsp

In case anyone is interested: https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-11-story-h1541050724-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_United_States_2020_Figures.jsp

In case anyone is interested: https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-11-story-h1541050724-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_United_States_2020_Figures.jsp

In case anyone is interested: https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-11-story-h1541050724-Demand_for_Gloves_in_the_United_States_2020_Figures.jsp

observatory, paperplane, stockraider, CCCL, thank you for your comments.

observatory, thank you very much for this information. I've been meaning to read up more on the public-private relationship system in China in regards with entrepreneurship, specifically in the manufacturing sector. I will most certainly have to do that soon. I think Intco's announcements make logical sense, but I also think none of this is sustainable. If the Chinese local government KPI system is indeed based around achieving growth at all cost, then it makes perfect sense why they would be chasing head over heels to get Intco to open factories. In any case, in my view there isn't much that the Malaysian company can do to prevent this, and as we know the Malaysian government doesn't have a similar style policy. I think Top Glove and Supermax (in particular) are already expanding as aggressively as possible having in mind all the constraints of doing honest business.

paperplane, the future is certainly in synthetic rubber, so this is not particularly good news for the Thai producers in the long run. That is why we believe any major threats will come from China.

stockraider, I now start to see the pattern of trolls. One of the things trolls keep repeating is that gloves are commodity. The fact is that glove production is a growth business - the reason why all the major glove manufacturers have been trading at 30-40 PE over the past more than a decade.

CCCL, I agree that management capabilities are the most important factor in (almost) every business. I don't agree that "even a monkey" could manage the situation during a pandemic period. On the contrary, exactly in extraordinary times it is easiest to see which company's management is most capable, nimble and cunning.

katsul51, coolinvestor, dumbdumb123, observatory, Sales, calvin69, Marketsifu, wbwanabe, thank you very much for your comments.

observatory, unfortunately I suffer from the great disadvantage of not being able to read Chinese. Google Translate is frequently no help, so I am mostly blind as far as Intco's reports are concerned. I am eagerly waiting for their HK listing so that I could read their reports in English. It will definitely be important to understand how Intco - practically a newcomer in the industry (they were selling PVC gloves only) is able to work at a great return on sales level. It is possible that they get certain incentives/help from the Chinese government for instance, which cannot continue in perpetuity. The bottom line is that labor and fuel, with other things equal, are more expensive to them (in the case of fuel - significantly more expensive). There are only two ways for them to have overcome these challenges:

1) Their level of automation and general technology to be much better than that of the Malaysian players;

2) The government to be subsidizing them in some significant way.

As Hartalega's facilities are broadly regarded as the gold standard for glove production, I doubt it's the first reason.

I completely agree with you that expansion plans will be adjusted in accordance with the corresponding demand. Hence, I don't think further expansion from the big Malaysian players might be merited. My opinion is that Intco are overinflating their numbers in order to attract investors. The way they issue the notes on their expansion plans certainly doesn't sit well with me, and if I were an investor looking at the company, I would be truly wary unless some additional information on how exactly they are planning to achieve this super-expansion is provided.

Marketsifu, thank you for letting us know about the sudden change in trends. Fortunately, this is not the first time that such a change has occurred, and if we judge from the previous few times, it will not end well for the "new" trend. Gambling is gambling, and sooner or later things return to their rightful places.

wbwanabe, I can tell you here, hopefully for the benefit of others as well, although I don't necessarily advise that people follow my strategy. I liquidated all of my other holdings, and I currently hold only glove companies in my stock portfolio. I did that, because I currently see very little upside potential in any other sector. There are bright rays of sunshine here and there, but having in mind the holding period required for them to get materialized, and having in mind that gloves are readily available for investment to any Malaysian investor, it is hard to justify buying anything else right now.

bpsiah, observatory, Sslee, pharker, Abrahmi, Michael Teng, stockraider, sensonic, thank you for your comments.

observatory, yes these figures make more sense, because they talk about added capacity of 117 billion pieces of nitrile gloves. I can see this happening over the next 5-7 years. To make a comparison, Top Glove have plan to increase their capacity by 100 billion pieces to 190 billion pieces by 2025. Hartalega have plan to increase their capacity by 55 billion pieces to 95 billion pieces in 2027. And I believe Supermax's expansion will be a lot larger than the projected 22 billion additional pieces in the next 2 years; for example, the US factory alone will likely yield at least 10 billion pieces per year.

Nevertheless, Intco's movements are very worth monitoring. China is certainly capable of flooding the market with bad quality product, and especially developing countries might suffer from that. However, while China can overcome, in the long run, challenges such as poorer logistics network and more inflexible financial system, the problems with fuel prices and labor costs would still remain, which would mean that with equal technology (provided that's the case), the Chinese companies will always produce equal quality product at more expensive price.

Sslee and pharker, eventually the profit margins will likely normalize, as they do in every industry in the long run. However, this will not happen before 2024 (3 years from now), as evident by the reports of all of the financial analysts.

stockraider, I am happy that you are here. When you spend the time trolling under my articles, I know I am on the right path. So thank you for your confirmation. Regarding your question, although I think it was made clear in the article, in the short run demand far outstrips supply. Thus, nothing will change for anybody, including the Chinese players. The US, as well as every other country, need all the gloves they could get. This includes unbanning Top Glove - hence it will be good for them in the short run, as explained in the article. In the long run the company will most certainly not lose 50% of its share in the US market, because the added capacity in the US covers only about 25-30% of the country's needs. This will likely result in 3-5% loss of revenue for Top Glove in the long run, if any. As explained in the article, Top Glove is one of the companies that will suffer the least from this move, together with Supermax and Sri Trang (Thailand). The companies this may cause more problems to are the China companies, as well as the companies that export predominantly to the US.

As for Supermax, it is certain that producing gloves in the US (or in the UK where they also plan to set up a factory) is more expensive than doing it in Malaysia - that is why the industry has been flourishing here and not elsewhere. However, the US government has mentioned multiple times its commitment to supporting US-based production of PPE, and this is likely why Supermax have decided to set up a factory there. This will result in at least two long-term positives for the company - steady income from US government contracts, and improved relationship for imports even from Malaysian production facilities.

Hi observatory, thank you very much for your detailed comment.

I am planning a longer article on the supply-side dynamics, but for now here are a few notes:

Top Glove's latest capacity expansion figures as of yesterday are:

- Right now: 93 billion pieces
- By end 2021: 112 billion pieces
- By end 2022: 136 billion pieces

See: https://www.topglove.com/App_ClientFile/7ff8cb3f-fbf6-42e7-81da-6db6a0ab2ef4/Assets/IR%20Presentation/TG%20Website_English_050221.pdf

For Intco, I am truly skeptical on a lot of their plans or at least on the figures they are releasing for a few reasons:

1) There is currently no existing raw material capacity in the world. Therefore, they have to build everything from scratch, starting from the NBR production facilities, going through the former/mold production, and ending with the entire distribution and logistics network. This will take several years to achieve at the scale they are planning it.

2) I think many of their announcements overlap and/or are unclear. I don't read Chinese, but many of their "announcements" (messages on a message board) are ambiguous. For instance, it is not clear if the Hunan province facilities will produce 16+40 billion gloves, or 40 billion (expanded plan from 16 billion previously). Additionally, it is not clear if this will all be additional capacity, or their plans are simply changing geographically based on where there might be available land for factory setup.

3) Overall, as you mentioned, the total announced added capacity of 284 billion gloves doesn't make any sense, unless they have actually made a direct contract with the Chinese government, which alone will absorb a huge part of this added supply in the coming years.

China suffers from a number of disadvantages as compared to Malaysia, including non-existent raw material production capacity (they are specialized in PVC glove production, not nitrile), much higher gas cost, and much higher labor cost. Thus, they will have to build pretty much everything from scratch, and they will have to work on a much thinner profit margin practically forever. I have no doubt that the Chinese government will aid them in this effort, but I think ultimately the added capacity will be much lower, and their entire effort will be a lot less profitable than they make it look like. There is a reason China hasn't been competing with Malaysia so far in this otherwise very lucrative (for Malaysian companies) business.

In case anyone is interested in the situation in the US:
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-06-story-h1540340424-Top_Glove_Hartalega_Supermax_The_US_Demand_for_Gloves_and_Homeland_Prod.jsp

In case anyone is interested in the situation in the US:
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-02-06-story-h1540340424-Top_Glove_Hartalega_Supermax_The_US_Demand_for_Gloves_and_Homeland_Prod.jsp

Targeted, henry888, speakup, thank you for your comments.

henry888, in general the institution that observes and takes action when irregularities with the financial markets are spotted, is the Securities Commission. You can contact them at email and phone number provided above if you believe there might be anything that might need to be reported.

speakup, PE is unfortunately not everything. Although I must say that PE beyond 50 very rarely makes any sense.

valendinlou, for someone with a brand-new account, coincidentally created as one of the most controversial reports in the modern history of Bursa came out, spamming useless messages in the forum of a counter you claim to have no involvement in, you have big mouth to talk about conning people. I wonder if when they hire you to troll here, they at least check your financial literacy though.

dusti, magus, Covidcovid, Citadel00, thank you for your comments.

I suggest that everyone just waits patiently. If you are impatient, remember that next month, the quarterly report for Top Glove's 2Q FY21 will be released, with 70% dividend payout attached.

valendinlou

"I have worked in HK stockbroking before. Hongkies have so many China companies to play and they are much more exciting. The won’t be bothered by companies like Top Glove. Just a peanut for them"
...
"So what they report RM3.2b profit for 2Q? Everyone knows FY22 profit will fall and FY23 will fall further. Unless Ah Chai gives a profit guarantee for FY22-FY23, if not, no one will give a premium to the stock"

For someone who claims to have worked in stockbroking, you seem to have a very poor understanding of the finance world. The size of the HK market has very little to do with the appetite of the local investors for profitable businesses. On the contrary, exactly because the HK market features more advanced participants, they look for value more carefully than the market participants in less developed markets.

Actually Ah Chai doesn't need to give a profit guarantee (again, for someone claiming to have worked in stockbroking, your concepts of finance appear to be very childish, this is certainly concerning). He gives a dividend payout guarantee, which translates into direct returns for the shareholders. If your plan is to invest in the company in 2023, this means an opportunity cost of RM1.50-RM1.75 per share in missed dividends for the period. Good luck with your strategy!

dusti, Beginner_Newbie, ampangwawasan, thank you for your comments.

dusti, you can email the Securities Commission at aduan@seccom.com.my, or you can call them at 03 6204 8991.

PunTatBerSiul, "glove" is not a commodity to begin with, it's a personal protective equipment item. It is categorized as an essential product in the medical industry, and since recently is categorized as such in other industries, including manufacturing, food processing, and travel. It will remain as such for an extended period of time, beyond the COVID pandemic.

lkoky, Anthem2, ChickenRoaster, thank you for your comments.

Thank you for pointing out the updated file. It seems like nothing has changed for Top Glove - no shares bought back. Some shares have been bought back for Kossan and Harta on Friday though.

Seek and sikusiku, thank you for your comments.

sikusiku, yes, the data file is missing now, and the official page shows the data for January 29 instead.

lavenderguy, la huat, MuttsInvestor, thank you for your comments.

lavenderguy, we finally got a confirmation on that at the end of last week. Both Novavax's vaccine and Johnson & Johnson's vaccine were shown to be less efficient against the South African variant as compared to both the "old" variant and the UK variant. It is to be expected that similar results will be shown with other vaccines. Additionally, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine performed worse in South America, where the Brazil variant is likely spreading, in line with the results reported earlier by Sinovac.

MuttsInvestor, unfortunately Singapore has the very significant advantage of deeper pockets. The price per dose Singapore has secured their vaccines at, is significantly higher than the price paid by anyone else in the region, and likely only very few other countries in the world have paid prices higher than those paid by Singapore. Thus, we cannot draw a direct comparison this way. For instance, neither Japan, nor Australia, nor Korea, have started their vaccination campaigns yet.

SteadyT and CJkenho, thank you for your comments.

SteadyT, we will not know that before Bursa releases the official figures tonight after 00:00 o'clock. We only know that the short seller was short selling Top Glove on Friday, so it might be rather unlikely that at the same time they were covering their positions.

CJkenho, it is hard to determine where most of the action was coming from, unfortunately.

sutp, Orlando, michaelwong, thank you for your comments.

sutp, I agree that initially likely that was the main idea. However, the short seller was actually squeezed hard when the rumors for a new MCO started circulating in the same week they dumped the biggest part of their short position. I am sure this has changed a lot of their plans.

Orlando, I don't think so. The calculations are based on official data of activity released by Bursa Malaysia, so unless they are providing erroneous data there is no reason to believe the calculations are wrong.

Regarding your comment about my "statement", you have to read it in the context in which it has been written. Please read above sutp's comment, which is in line with what my thinking about the initial strategy of the short seller was.

cutie, thank you for your comment.

I don't plan to open shop. My knowledge is limited, but I like to share my findings, hoping they would benefit others, and hoping through discussion I could also gather constructive opinions from others. I believe in the long run this is a lot more valuable than "selling" services for a fee.

Orlando, that is a question which I believe can only be answered by someone intimately familiar with the operational part of the procedure. Unfortunately I don't have such insight.

Vairocana9999, Imagine333, Goldberg, JuzzyOracle, Orlando, thank you for your comments.

Orlando, on why the short seller has chosen specifically the glove sector (they are shorting the big 4, not just Top Glove) - the sentiment was towards a downtrend since the vaccine announcements last September. The factory-related problems of Top Glove only exacerbated the problem. However, none of these events caused any significant damage as far as the companies' earnings potential goes. So it's a good moment for a short seller to use the situation when media constantly attack the sector, to cause a shake-off of the weak holders and profit from the inevitable eventual rebound.

On the text you quoted, this is a standard message on how the RSS facility works on Bursa, nothing out of the extraordinary within this particular quoted text.

"PunTatBerSiul "...trying to persuade others not to like the company. "

What is there to persuade others over a company which seems to gain profit over dead bodies?

They profit due to pandemic and deaths are one-time lottery. After the pandemic, it's all back to slogging for new orders."

Weird, user "PunTatBerSiul" came to one of my article a few days ago, spamming that there is no pandemic and it's actually a scam that we need to ignore. Now he believes that the glove companies are earning through piles of bodies. See here for reference of his comments: https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-01-27-story-h1540184805-The_World_and_Malaysia_Under_the_COVID_Siege_Setting_Our_Expectations_R.jsp

"Honesty" --> for someone with a 2-day account, who apparently doesn't like Top Glove, you have plenty of messages in the Top Glove forum. To be exact, 100% of your 68 messages so far are in the Top Glove forum.

This is the first time I see such a generous person - wasting so much time writing in the forum of a company he/she doesn't like, trying to persuade others not to like the company. You must be canonized as a saint, such a selfless act.

newbie8080, lkoky, trading2019, sensonic, thank you for your comments.

lkoky, that might depend on the agreement you have signed with your broker when you have subscribed to their brokerage service. I advise you to check with them on that.

FairNSquare, Michael Teng, LimitUp, thank you for your comments.

Michael Teng, I agree that the activity, in particular on January 4, 2021, would have stretched the existing rules to the extreme to be properly justified. Unfortunately I didn't see a warning by the SC and Bursa back then (I might have missed it, sorry if that's the case).

In case anyone is interested - the reasons why I am not considering selling my stock anytime soon:
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-01-29-story-h1540218377-Short_Squeeze_or_Fundamentals_Why_I_Am_Not_Selling_Any_Time_Soon.jsp

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-29/gamestop-mania-spreads-half-a-world-away-to-target-glove-makers

cpchuan, katsul51, Seek, CJkenho, Anthem2, calvin69, thank you for your comments.

Seek, that was most certainly a good arbitrage opportunity, if you want to use it as such, since yesterday was a holiday in Malaysia.

Anthem2, yes, it is unclear how much of that SBL amount was used in December though, and unfortunately based on the very limited amount of disclosures required by Bursa, it is very hard to extrapolate anything resembling an accurate estimate.

gloves63, sorry, missed responding.

The US *may* be able to inoculate enough of their population by the end of Q3 2021, yes. However, a number of things need to go right for this to happen and to have a meaningful impact:

- Vaccine production
- Vaccine logistics
- Willingness of people to vaccinate
- Virus mutations

cpchuan, thank you for your comment.

Yes, please check my recently posted article here: https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-01-28-story-h1540191595-Has_the_Short_Seller_Closed_the_Big_Gloves_Short.jsp

Seek, thank you for your comment.

The 40 million announced on January 5 were not the only SBL transaction EPF did. They did a number of other transactions before New Year, in December.

I just posted this in regards with the question on if the short seller has closed the short position:

https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/bursainvestments/2021-01-28-story-h1540191595-Has_the_Short_Seller_Closed_the_Big_Gloves_Short.jsp

observatory, thank you once again for your detailed explanation.

I found the forum/message board a few days ago and I also spotted the message regarding additional 4.5 billion nitrile glove capacity. It was unclear to me if that capacity is part of the earlier quoted 12 billion total capacity, or if that is additional capacity not included in the 12 billion, or if it's capacity they expect to come online very soon. That might be because I was using Google Translate though.

Top Glove have actually provided the most detailed breakdown of their incoming capacity, followed by the breakdown of Supermax. According to Top Glove's estimate their total capacity by the end of 2021 will be 110 billion gloves, of which 56 billion will be for nitrile gloves (up from 91 billion and 41 billion respectively currently). By the end of 2022, their estimated total capacity will be 134 billion gloves, of which 77.5 billion will be for nitrile gloves. Additionally, Top Glove's production lines for latex and nitrile gloves can be interchanged.

From what I understand, Intco's break-down of extra capacity in terms of types of gloves is "confidential". However, I can imagine a big part of it would go to PVC gloves.

stockraider, thank you for your comments (copied from and to a handful of other places for good measure). Clearly you haven't read the article beyond the first paragraph.

In any case, no matter if there will be a total lockdown or not, the situation remains as it is projected to be. A total lockdown can get us closer to normalcy (RMCO level) faster, no total lockdown will mean a longer period of time in a no-interstate travel environment.

observatory, thank you very much for your detailed comment. I am very happy that this is turning into a discussion, because this was the main purpose of this post (as you can see from its brevity).

As we have discussed before and elsewhere, the expansion plans of Intco at present appear highly inflated. However, even if those plans materialize over the next 2-3 years, they will still be behind Top Glove both in total production capacity, and more importantly - in production capacity in high profit margin segments. Thus, it is pretty much certain that the valuations of Intco on the Shenzhen stock exchange are elevated.

I also agree with you that Hartalega's valuation traditionally has been on an inflated side, in my humble opinion of course. That is why I didn't mention them in the post above.

Goldberg, thank you very much once again for sharing this data.

It will indeed be a battle, and I believe eventually countries will start closing their borders, and imposing restrictions similar to the ones in Malaysia. In fact, just yesterday the UK announced such new restrictions. I expect other European countries to follow. The more the new variants spread, i.e. the more people travel around, the lower the effect of the vaccination campaign would be.

gloves63, thank you for your comment. According to Noor Hisham's comment from a few days ago, Malaysia's plan is to complete the vaccination program either by the end of 2021, or by early 2022 (see: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/01/25/dr-noor-hisham-covid-19-vaccination-programme-expected-to-be-completed-end/1943932). Previously Khairy said that "if you are a healthy adult under 60 and not a frontline worker, it is safe to assume that your turn will come by Q3 or after." (see: https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/khairy-explains-malaysias-vaccine-procurement-process-delivery-schedule). However, unless the government manages to procure more vaccines than it currently has announced, faster than announced, that might be a difficult task. In any case, Malaysia is relatively well-positions in terms of vaccine availability in comparison to many other countries around the world.

Here are the known timelines and contracts (let me know if I have missed anything):

- 12.8 million doses from Pfizer, with the following schedule: 1 million in Q1 2021, 1.7 million in Q2 2021, 5.8 million in Q3 2021, and 4.3 million in Q4 2021.

- 6.4 million doses of Gamaleya, starting from March (no specifics on the size of each batch)

- 12 million doses of Sinovac, starting from April (no specifics on the size of each batch)

- 6.4 million doses from AstraZeneca, starting from the second quarter of 2021 (no specifics on the size of each batch)

- 6.4 million doses from COVAX (no dates or specifics)

TOTAL confirmed up to now: 44 million doses (22 million people, or 68.75% of the population)

- 3.5 million doses from CanSino Biologics, ongoing negotiations (this is a 1-dose vaccine, so it will cover additional 3.5 million people, or 11% of the population)

- Negotiations with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson ongoing

If all of the deals go through, Malaysia will have vaccines sufficient for 80% of its population. The questions remaining are on:

- Schedule of the deliveries;

- Efficacy of some of the vaccines (note that for instance there are some significant concerns with the data released by Gamaleya).

Overall, I am hopeful that what Noor Hisham says is true, but based on the current situation, it seems like a really optimistic prognosis, and this is reflected in the EIU report and expected schedule I shared in the article.

Sources:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-24/southeast-asia-covid-19-vaccine-tracker-who-will-get-what-when
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/22/malaysia-procures-6point4-million-doses-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-malaysia-vaccines/malaysia-secures-184-million-doses-of-russian-chinese-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN29V11H
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/01/26/health-ministry-malaysia-secures-18.4-million-doses-of-russian-chinese-covi/1944232
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/22/malaysia-procures-6point4-million-doses-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine.html
https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2020/12/23/malaysia-reserves-option-to-double-pfizer-vaccine-order/

Goldberg, thank you very much for sharing this article.

The most interesting thing in it is the following:

"Israel struck a deal with Pfizer (PFE) for future supply of its COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for anonymised data on Israeli’s health."

This answers the question many have been having on why Israel has access to such significant quantities of the vaccine so early on.