Covid-19 Watch: 50.4% of Malaysia's adult population given booster dose


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 11,809,467 individuals or 50.4 per cent of the adult population in the country have received their Covid-19 booster dose as of Saturday (Jan 29).

According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal, a total of 22,923,709 individuals or 97.9 per cent of adults in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccine dose, while 99.1 per cent of the group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

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