Covid-19: Over 195,000 children in Malaysia fully vaccinated

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 195,865 children aged five to 11, or 5.5% of the child population in the country, have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids), as of Tuesday (April 12).

According to the CovidNow website, a total of 1,371,120 children in that age group or 38.6% have received at least one dose of vaccine.

For adolescents aged 12 to 17, a total of 2,863,771 or 92% have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, while 2,965,625 or 95.3% received at least one dose.

Among adults, 15,942,215 or 67.8% have received the booster dose, while 22,958,810 or 97.6% have been fully vaccinated and 23,235,580 or 98.8% received at least one dose.

A total of 45,550 doses of vaccine were administered on Tuesday, 32,773 being second doses, 8,283 booster doses and 4,494 first doses, bringing the cumulative total dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 69,320,354 doses.

According to the Health Ministry's GitHub portal, 30 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported in Malaysia on Tuesday with Johor registering five, followed by Penang and Sarawak with four each.

Perak and Selangor recorded three deaths each while Kedah, Melaka, Negri Sembilan and Pahang had two each. One death each was reported in Perlis, Sabah and Terengganu. – Bernama