Muhyiddin was administered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the Putrajaya district health office.

Also joining Muhyiddin in getting their first jab of the vaccine were health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah and four other frontliners.

They were allowed to leave after resting and waiting at the observation room for 15 minutes, where health officers monitored them for allergic reactions.

After being released from observation, Muhyiddin urged Malaysians and others residing in the country to come forward and register for the vaccination, particularly since Putrajaya has made it free for all.

“Be confident and trust in the government’s efforts to ensure that we can break the Covid-19 chain of infection. I want to call on everyone to support this effort so that the country can soon be free of Covid-19,” he said in a short speech.

When asked if it hurt to get the injection, Muhyiddin said: “I didn’t feel anything. I turned away for one moment and the vaccinator was done. So don’t worry, come forward at any time.”

The first phase of the immunisation programme will involve health and non-health frontliners, as well as all MPs and state assemblymen, and is expected to end in April.

The second phase will involve Covid-19 high-risk groups, namely senior citizens, vulnerable individuals with comorbidities and disabled persons. This is expected to go on from April to August, involving around 9.4 million people.

The third phase of the programme will involve adults aged 18 and above, who will be given the jabs from May this year to February next year, running concurrently with the second phase.

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