Not long to go to hit vaccination target

Lending a hand: Dr Adham vaccinating Mohd Shaharrudin Ab Halim, 45, while being observed by the president of Persatuan OKU Sentral, Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi, at the OKU Sentral drive-through PPV in Johor Baru. — Bernama

JOHOR BARU: Only 1.8% of the adult population in Malaysia remains to be fully vaccinated before the country achieves its target of 80% adult population vaccinated under the national immunisation programme, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

He added as of Saturday, 78.2% of the adult population in Malaysia were fully vaccinated.