LANGKAWI: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali have received their first Covid-19 vaccine jab and are feeling fine.
Dr Mahathir, 95, was administered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by Kuah Health Clinic matron Rosmini Che Lah while Dr Siti Hasmah was given her jab by the clinic’s head nurse Siti Hamizah Masdar at the Vaccine Dispensing Centre at the Langkawi Sports Complex yesterday.
Dr Mahathir said he did not feel any side effects after being vaccinated and urged the people to sign up for the immunisation programme.
“The (whole process) was over in less than a minute. I did not feel any headache, and I hope all Malaysians will get vaccinated in order for us to fight Covid-19. This vaccine will give us protection, ” he told reporters after receiving his jab.