Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, a familiar face in Malaysia's year-long battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, was administered the vaccine right after Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin this afternoon.

Four Health Ministry personnel - Dr Tan Yee Ling, Sheilla Mellissa Sikin, Khairul Asraf Mohd Yasin, and Clement Marai Francis - also received their vaccine shots today.