Covid-19: Over 945,000 children in Malaysia now fully vaccinated

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 945,787 children aged between five and 11 years, or 26.6% of their population, have completed the vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Monday (May 9).

Based on the CovidNow web site, a total of 1,560,474 children in the age group, or 43.9%, have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

For adolescents aged between 12 and 17, a total of 2,898,581 individuals or 93.2% of the population have completed the vaccination, while 2,996,030 or 96.3% have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

As for adults, a total of 16,045,993 individuals, or 68.2% of the populations, have received the booster dose, while 22,968,441 individuals, or 97.6%, have completed both doses of the vaccine and 23,244,381 individuals (98.8%) have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

On Monday, a total of 27,286 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine were dispensed, with 8,290 as first dose, 16,207 as second dose and 2,789 as booster dose, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 70,446,288.

According to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, only one death due to Covid-19 was reported on Monday, and it was in Kedah. - Bernama