COVID-19 | The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme officially began today with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin being the first individual in the country to receive the vaccine at about 3pm.

The implementation of the three-phase programme, which started two days earlier than originally scheduled on Feb 26, will see more than 500,000 frontliners receive the vaccine during the first phase which will last until April.

Apart from Muhyiddin, also scheduled to receive the vaccine today are the Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah and four other staff...