Over 800,000 children in Malaysia given first dose of Covid-19 vaccine


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 805,676 children aged between five and 11, or 22.7 per cent of the group in Malaysia, have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of Saturday (Feb 26), under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids).

Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 14,517,869 or 61.7 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the booster dose and a total of 22,948,037 or 97.5 per cent have completed the vaccination, while 23,227,580 or 98.7 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

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