It took almost a week for family members to persuade 92-year-old Puchat Lubak, believed to be the oldest resident in the Bukit Payung Orang Asli Village in Malacca to finally agree to be given the Covid-19 vaccine.

She received her jab from a mobile vaccination centre which went to the village yesterday. Puchat was accompanied by her granddaughter, Asiah Jegap, 37, and her condition was closely monitored by the health personnel there, after she was given the jab.

Puchat, who...