42.7% of Malaysia's adult population given booster dose

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 258,337 adults in Malaysia received their Covid-19 vaccine booster dose on Wednesday (Jan 19), bringing the cumulative number of booster doses administered to the adult population in the country to 10,002,472 or 42.7% of the group.

According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, a total of 22,911,629 or 97.9 per cent of the adult population have completed their vaccination, while 23,189,939 individuals or 99.1 per cent of the group have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.