KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 246,869 children aged between five and 11, or 7% of the group in Malaysia, have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids).
Based on information from the CovidNow online portal, 13,486,823 individuals or 57.3% of the adult population in the country have received their booster dose as at Tuesday.
A total of 22,939,377 individuals or 97.5% have completed their vaccination while 98.7% or 23,216,096 individuals have received at least one dose.
As for adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,796,605 individuals or 89.9% have completed their vaccination while 2,877,213 individuals or 92.5% have received at least one dose.
On Tuesday, 154,776 vaccine doses were dispensed, with 42,374 as the first dose including 39,749 for children aged between five and 11, while 1,657 second doses and 110,745 booster doses were also dispensed.
This brought the cumulative total of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 65,356,763. — Bernama
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