Kuala Lumpur, January 11, 2021, SPA -- Malaysia on Monday signed a deal to buy an additional 12.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by U.S. and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech, the health ministry said in a statement, according to Reuters. The deal brings the total amount of the Pfizer vaccines procured by Malaysia to 25 million doses, enough to cover 39% of its population, the ministry said. --SPA 15:04 LOCAL TIME 12:04 GMT 0008 www.spa.gov.sa/w1482129