Covid-19: More than 600,000 five to 11-year-olds have had first jab of a vaccine, says Health Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 661,752 children aged from five to 11 years old, or 18.6% of the total cohort in Malaysia, have received the first dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Wednesday (Feb 23).

Based on statistics from the Health Ministry's CovidNow website, some 14,274,843 individuals, or 60.7% of the country's adult population, have received booster jabs and 22,946,057 individuals, or 97.5%, have completed their vaccinations.