Muhyiddin, Dr Noor Hisham to receive COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday
BERNAMA
21/2/2021
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.
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.
Medical and non-medical frontliners will join Muhyiddin and Dr Noor Hisham to be vaccinated on the same day, he added.
BERNAMA
21/2/2021
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.
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.
Medical and non-medical frontliners will join Muhyiddin and Dr Noor Hisham to be vaccinated on the same day, he added.
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