Take it easy, Zii Jia


KUALA LUMPUR: Reigning All-England champion Lee Zii Jia missed out on receiving the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine due to illness.

He was supposed to be among the first batch of 264 athletes and officials, bound for the Tokyo Olympics (July 23-Aug 8) and Tokyo Paralympics (Aug 24-Sept 5), to receive their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine jabs at the Desa Tasik Sports Complex Hall in Cheras yesterday.

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