Covid-19 Watch: 97.7% of adult population fully vaccinated


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 22,876,224 individuals, or 97.7% of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of Thursday (Jan 6), just 2.3 percentage points to go to achieving a 100% rate.

Based on the Health Ministry’s COVIDNOW portal, a total of 23,162,767 individuals, or 98.9% of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

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