21 Feb 2021 / 12:36 H.
SEPANG: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah will be among the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine when the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme is rolled out on Wednesday ahead of schedule, said Khairy Jamaluddin.
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The Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said the government had decided to kick off the first phase of the vaccination programme on Feb 24 instead of the earlier date scheduled on Feb 26.
“We have decided to bring forward the Covid-19 immunisation roll out to Wednesday, Feb 24, with the prime minister and health director-general to get their first vaccine jab at the Putrajaya Health Clinic,” he told a press conference after witnessing the arrival of the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine here, today.
SEPANG (Feb 21): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah will be among the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine when the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme is rolled out on Wednesday, ahead of schedule, said Khairy Jamaluddin.
The Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said the government had decided to kick off the first phase of the vaccination programme on Feb 24, instead of the earlier scheduled Feb 26. We have decided to bring forward the Covid-19 immunisation rollout to Wednesday, Feb 24, with the prime minister and health director-general to get their first vaccine jab at the Putrajaya Health Clinic,” he told a press conference after witnessing the arrival of the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine here today.
Malaysians are waiting with bated breath for the historic moment to unfold on Sunday that will remain etched in their collective memory for a long time to come. For it is on Feb 21 that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive at the KL International Airport (KLIA), ahead of the biggest-ever nationwide immunisation exercise that is scheduled to begin five days later.
Published on: Friday, February 19, 2021
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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians are waiting with bated breath for a historic moment to unfold on Sunday that will remain etched in memory for a long time to come.
For it is on this date of February 21 that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive at the KL International Airport (KLIA), ahead of the biggest ever nationwide immunisation exercise that is scheduled to begin five days later, on February 26.
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