Nearly 16% of children population in Malaysia given first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 564,220 individuals or 15.9 per cent of the child population aged between five and 11 years in the country have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Monday (Feb 21).

Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 14,078,456 or 59.8 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose and 22,945,040 or 97.5 per cent have completed the vaccination, while 23,222,810 or 98.7 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.