Covid-19: Malaysia's 'largest vaccination programme ever' to begin by month's end


PETALING JAYA: The national Covid-19 vaccination programme will begin its rollout by the end of this month to immunise some 26.5 million Malaysians, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic).

“We are targeting that as much as 80% (of the population), or 26.5 million individuals, will receive the vaccine free of charge," he said in a special live address on Thursday (Feb 4).

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