Covid-19 Watch: 32.2% of five to 11-year-olds in Malaysia fully vaccinated


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,142,104 children aged from five to 11 years old, or 32.2% of the cohort in the country, have completed their vaccinations under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Thursday (May 27).

Based on the Health Ministry's CovidNow portal, a total of 1,693,589 children in the age group, or 47.7% of the total, have received at least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.

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