Vaccinations hit new daily high with nearly 200,000 doses on June 14

Malaysians waiting for to get vaccinated at the first mega Covid-19 vaccination at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s vaccination rate hit a new high on Monday (June 14) with nearly 200,000 jabs administered.

According to the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), Malaysia dispensed a total of 197,963 doses on Monday, with 142,890 people receiving their first doses and the remaining 55,073 people receiving their second dose.

The figure is the highest ever recorded since the country’s vaccination programme started on Feb 24.

In all, 4,688,233 vaccine doses have been administered since the start of the National Covid-19 Immunisation programme.

Of the total 3,275,194 were first dose vaccines while the remaining 1,413,039 were second dose.