270,282 children in Malaysia fully vaccinated against Covid-19

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of children aged between five and 11 years who have been fully vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children has increased to 270,282 or 7.6 per cent of their population on Thursday (April 14), from 229,615 children, or 6.5 per cent, the previous day.

Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 1,380,661 children in the age group, or 38.9 per cent of their population, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.