Covid-19: Almost 50pc of country's adult population given booster dose


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 199,251 adults in Malaysia received the Covid-19 booster dose on Thursday (Jan 27), bringing the cumulative number of booster doses administered to the adult population in the country to 11,531,403 or 49.3 per cent of the group.

According to the Health Ministry’s (MOH) CovidNow portal, a total of 22,921,716 or 97.9 per cent of the adult population have completed their vaccination, while 23,199,172 individuals or 99.1 per cent of the group have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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