KOTA KINABALU, March 1 -- Sixty people, starting with Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor, will get their Covid-19 vaccines in a ceremony here on Thursday, said Datuk Masidi Manjun.

He said the group will then be followed by frontliners and state ministers.

The Sabah Covid-19 spokesman said, however, that the group would likely not the first in the state to be vaccinated as the vaccines reached Sabah last Thursday and have already reached districts like Tawau and Keningau.

"We will make the announcement on Thursday. But normally we won't wait. It's just the launching ceremony on Thursday, doesn't mean we cannot do any inoculation before the launch," he said.

Masidi, who is also the state local government and housing minister, told report...