INTERACTIVE: How single-dose Covid-19 vaccines help protect Malaysia's remote communities


A villager from Pulau Larapan off Semporna in Sabah receiving the CanSino vaccine dose on Sept 7 at a vaccination outreach programme catering to residents at various islands here. Bernama photo.

PETALING JAYA: More than 70,000 people have received the single-dose CanSino Covid-19 vaccine since it was introduced last month.

According to the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force's (CITF) figures, 74,049 CanSino jabs have been dispensed since Aug 26 with 69,304 doses in Sabah, 2,782 in Perak, 1,086 in Kedah, 592 in Kelantan, 153 in Pahang, 118 in Johor and 14 in Kuala Lumpur.

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