Covid-19: More than 28% of five to 11-year-olds fully vaccinated as at May 13


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,019,609 children aged between five and 11 years old, or 28.7% of the cohort in the country, have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as at Friday (May 13).

According to the Health Ministry's CovidNow portal, a total of 1,617,807 children in the same age group, or 45.5%, have received at least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.

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