Coronavirus Malaysia: PM Muhyiddin Yassin will be first to receive vaccine when roll-out starts
- Malaysia will get its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, and a national immunisation plan will kick off on February 26
- Muhyiddin will join leaders like Indonesia’s Joko Widodo and Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong by taking the lead in getting vaccinated to allay concerns
The country’s first tranche of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will arrive this Sunday, five days earlier than expected, and inoculations will begin next Friday.
Malaysia’s vaccine programme will be rolled out in three stages. The first will run from February to April involving 300,000 medical and 200,000 non-medical frontline workers, such as politicians, security and welfare officers. This will be followed by at-risk groups such as the infirm and elderly, and the last phase will be for Malaysian adults.
“This comprehensive programme is aimed at ensuring herd immunity in the community so that we can stop the spread of Covid-19 infections and bring an end to the pandemic,” Muhyiddin said.
Vaccination is currently voluntary in Malaysia, and interested parties must register their participation by signing up on the nation’s contact-tracing app or a government website launched on Tuesday.
