Covid-19 vaccination: Almost 3.5 million doses administered, around 12.68 million registered


The Covid-19 vaccine at Kompleks MAB (Malaysian Association for the Blind) in Kuala Lumpur. The venue is the first vaccination centre dedicated to the disabled and can handle up to 200 vaccinations a day for the blind and their caregivers. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total of 1,128,738 individuals have received their two doses of Covid-19 vaccination as of June 5, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

Dr Adham, through his Twitter account on Sunday (June 6), said a total of 2,364,455 people had received the first dose, bringing the total number of doses administered in the country to 3,493,193.

He said Selangor recorded the highest number of individuals who completed both doses at 145,970 people, followed by Sarawak (119,306), Perak (105,525), Kuala Lumpur (101,821) and Johor (98,276).

Meanwhile, as of Saturday (June 5), a total of 52.3 per cent or 12,683,764 individuals have registered for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, with Selangor recording the highest number of registrations at 3,353,308 people.

The first phase of the programme, from February to April this year, involved 500,000 frontliners including healthcare personnel.

The second phase, from April until August, will involve 9.4 million people comprising senior citizens, vulnerable groups and people with disabilities, while the third phase, from May this year to February 2022, will involve individuals aged 18 and above, both citizens and non-citizens, totalling some 13.7 million people, Bernama reported.

In a tweet on Sunday (June 6) the Health Minsitry said that the vaccination centre at Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, which has a capacity for 2,000 vaccine recipients a day, will begin operating on Monday (June 7).

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