Johnson & Johnson's vector vaccine will contribute 18.3 million doses, and a total 70 million doses of vaccines from Sanofi, Novavax and Valneva will contribute the rest.
“In the face of this global health crisis, Pfizer’s purpose 'breakthroughs that change patients’ lives' has taken on an even greater urgency. Our hope is that our vaccine will help make this happen.”
The health regulator, Anvisa, said the approval was based on studies by Pfizer that "indicated the vaccine's safety and effectiveness for this age group."
Individuals who have not been vaccinated will need to be tested every three days to maintain their green status. A fully vaccinated person would do so every 30 days.
Sri Lanka has also been aggressively rolling out China's Sinopharm jab after receiving two million doses in the past week, opening its program to pregnant women on Wednesday.
The procurement brings the total amount of doses secured from the US and German drugmakers to 44.8 million, enough to cover 70% of Malaysia's population, Khairy said.
Pfizer-BioNTech said the deal includes an option for 30 million doses that could bring the US-German venture's total deliveries to Turkey to 120 million doses this year.