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.

For the adolescent population aged between 12 and 17,a total of 2,763,787 individuals, or 87.8% have completed the vaccination, while 2,854,126 individuals or 90.7% of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

A total of 252,817 doses of the vaccine were administered yesterday, with 2,898 of them as first dose, 4,549 as second dose and 245,370 as booster doses.

This brings to a total of 58,812,436 doses, including 7,356,445 in booster doses, having been dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday. - Bernama