Covid-19: Over 65% of adult population fully vaccinated


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 65.1% of the country's adult population, or 15,241,655 people, have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19, says the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV).

An infographic shared on the committee’s official Twitter account also showed 85.1 per cent, or 19,932,137 individuals, have received the first dose, bringing to a total of 35,150,474 doses of the vaccine having been dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme until Wednesday (Sept 1).

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