40,000 in first phase of vaccination programme

Vidyananthan (fourth from right) watching a simulation of the Covid-19 jab at a vaccine centre in Segamat.

JOHOR is all set for the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme beginning today, involving more than 40,000 people.

State health and environment committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said everything was in place for the vaccination exercise that included frontliners from health and other agencies essential in combating Covid-19.