Muhyiddin Yassin took his first vaccine jab today to kickstart a nationwide exercise that aims to provide Covid-19 immunisation for free to the people in Malaysia - locals and foreigners alike.

The prime minister received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shot at the District Health Centre in Precinct 11, Putrajaya, which is among the Vaccine Dispensing Centres (VDC) identified for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

Muhyiddin arrived at the clinic at about 2.25pm and had to go through five...