Malaysia PM Muhyiddin receives COVID-19 jab as vaccine roll-out begins

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    1. Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday (Feb 24), kicking off the national COVID-19 immunisation programme.
    2. Next in line to be vaccinated at the health office in Putrajaya were Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah and other medical frontliners.
    3. They have to undergo a 30-minute observation period following their jabs to watch for potential negative reactions.
    4. The national programme was brought forward from Friday, following the delivery of 312,390 doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine last Sunday.
    5. Another 182,250 doses of the vaccine were due to arrive in Malaysia on Wednesday, said Coordinating Minister for National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin earlier.

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