Covid-19: Over 34% of children in Malaysia vaccinated


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,209,694 children aged five to 11 or 34.1% of the child population 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 16).

According to the information on the CovidNow website, for adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,840,296 individuals or 91.3% of the population have completed their COVID-19 vaccination, while 2,939,622 individuals or 94.5% of the group have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

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