‘High rate of vaccination causing drop in hospital admissions’


PUTRAJAYA: Covid-19 hospitalisation and intensive care unit admission figures have reduced in states with higher vaccination rates, the Health director-general revealed.

Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were reductions in Labuan, Sarawak, Negri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, where at least 40% of the adult population were fully vaccinated.

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