Covid-19: Over 30% of children in Malaysia now vaccinated

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,078,539 or 30.4% of children in the country have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Wednesday (March 9).

Based on data from the Health Ministry's CovidNow website, 15,157,782 individuals or 64.4% of the adult population in the country have received a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and 22,931,610 or 97.5% of the group have completed their vaccination.

Additionally 23,208,205 or 98.7% of this group have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

As for adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,833,876 individuals or 91.1% of the group have completed their vaccination while 2,934,067 or 94.3% received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Yesterday, a total of 62,983 vaccine doses were administered, with 18,781 as first doses, 1,817 as second doses and 42,385 as booster doses, bringing the cumulative total vaccine doses dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 67,935,466.

Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry's GitHub portal, 113 deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded yesterday with Selangor recording the highest number of fatalities at 22 cases, followed by Sabah (18), Johor (14), Kedah (12), Penang (10) and Pahang, nine.

Perak recorded seven cases of death, Negeri Sembilan (six), Terengganu (four), Kelantan (three), while Melaka, Perlis, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur each reported two cases. - Bernama