Over 1.3 million children in Malaysia given Covid-19 vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,312,205 children aged five to 11 or 37 per cent of the child population in the country have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Sunday (March 27).

Based on the CovidNow website, for adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,848,821 individuals or 91.6 per cent of the group have been fully vaccinated while 2,946,103 or 94.7 per cent received at least one dose of the vaccine.