Covid-19: More than 20% of children in Malaysia fully vaxxed so far

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 736,114 children aged between five and 11 years old, or 20.7% of the age group in Malaysia, have completed their vaccinations under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (PICKids) as of Monday (April 25).

According to the Health Ministry's CovidNow portal, 1,497,935 children, or 42.2% of the group, have received at least one dose of the two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.

For teenagers between 12 and 17 years old, some 2,888,431 individuals, or 92.8, have completed their vaccinations while 2,987,570, or 96%, have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

As for the adult population, a total of 16,014,864 individuals, or 68.1%, have received their booster shots, while 22,964,800, or 97.6%, have completed both doses and 23,241,481, or 98.8%, have received at least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.

On Monday, 38,691 Covid-19 doses were administered in the country, comprising 26,489 doses as second jabs, 4,524 booster shots and 7,678 as first doses, bringing to 70,118,091 the cumulative number of doses given out under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry’s GitHub data repository, eight deaths related to Covid-19 were reported on Monday, with Selangor recording the most with five fatalities, followed by Kedah with two cases and one case in Melaka. - Bernama