Nearly 90% of adults in Malaysia have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total of 20,814,413 individuals or 88.9% of the adult population in Malaysia have received at least their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, according to the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV).

An infographic shared on the committee’s official Twitter account on Wednesday (Sept 8) also showed 16,299,881 individuals, or 69.6%, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination.

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