Covid-19: Unvaxxed individuals at highest risk of severe illness, dying of disease, says Health DG


KUALA LUMPUR: Unvaccinated individuals regardless of age are most at risk of suffering Covid-19 category four and five infections and also succumbing to the disease, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said this was evident from the Health Ministry’s data on Covid-19 categories four and five cases and deaths per population of 100,000 for the period Jan 26 to Feb 22.

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