Covid-19: Over 206,000 children in Malaysia receive first dose of vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 206,748 children aged between five and 11, or 5.8 per cent of the group in Malaysia, have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of Monday (Feb 14), under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids).

Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 13,373,479 individuals or 56.8 per cent of the adult population in the country, had received their booster dose as of Monday.