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Covid-19 vaccines to touch down in Sabah tomorrow

Vials of Pfizer-BioNTech jab will arrive at KK airport about 12.30pm

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 24 Feb 2021 8:51PM

Covid-19 vaccines to touch down in Sabah tomorrow
Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun will be at Kota Kinabalu International Airport tomorrow to receive the state’s first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. – AFP pic, February 24, 2021

by Jason Santos

KOTA KINABALU – Sabah will receive its first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow.

The vials will arrive at Kota Kinabalu International Airport around 12.30pm.

State Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said he will be at the airport to receive the delivery.

“Questions about the vaccines will be answered only tomorrow. For security reasons, I am not able to divulge more information on the matter,” he told a briefing today.

The vaccines will arrive in six batches starting tomorrow, and will be kept at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and several other facilities.

A total of 42,117 people will be inoculated in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme in Sabah, which is expected to start on March 4.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Md Noor will be among the first to receive the vaccine that day. – The Vibes, February 24, 2021

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