Covid-19: More than 29% of eligible five to 11-year-olds given first dose of a vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,041,733 individuals, or 29.3% of children aged five to 11 years old 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 Monday (March 7).

According to the Health Ministry's CovidNow portal, a total of 15,064,528 individuals or 64%, of the country’s eligible adult population have received a booster dose and a total of 22,928,999, or 97.5%, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination while 23,205,772, or 98.7%, have received at least one dose of a two-dose vaccine.

For adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old, a total of 2,832,044 individuals, or 91% of the group, have been fully vaccinated while 2,932,526, or 94.2%, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

A total of 63,739 vaccine doses were dispensed on Monday, with 15,935 as first doses, 1,766 second jabs and 46,038 booster shots, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 67,797,494.

Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry's GitHub portal, 77 deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded on Monday with Johor registering 13 cases, followed by Kedah and Selangor with 12 cases each and Terengganu and Kelantan with six cases each.

Negri Sembilan and Sabah reported five cases each, followed by Melaka and Perak with four cases each, Pahang and Putrajaya with three cases each, while two cases were recorded in Penang and Kuala Lumpur, respectively. - Bernama