Brunei national vaccination rate may exceed 100 per cent, says minister


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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 24 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): The nation’s total vaccination rate may exceed 100 per cent as vaccinated foreigners stranded in the country are included in the data, announced Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar.

The minister elaborated that once children aged 17 and below are vaccinated, the minister said, “which is around 25 per cent, it will exceed 100”, as the percentage of individuals who have received the first dose of the vaccine is currently at 80.7 per cent.

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