Nearly 99% of adults have got at least one jab

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 22,864,655 individuals or 97.7% of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination.

Based on the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, 23,155,545 individuals or 98.9% of them have received at least one dose of the vaccine as of Monday.

For the adolescent population, 87.6% or 2,758,498 individuals aged between 12 and 17 years have completed the vaccination, while 2,849,786 individuals or 90.5% have been given at least one dose.

Meanwhile, a total of 208,327 doses of the vaccine were dispensed on Monday, with 2,768 doses administered as the first dose, 3,843 as the second dose, and 201,716 as a booster dose.

This brings the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 58,055,878, including 6,627,119 booster doses. – Bernama