A RECORD 221,706 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday under the national Covid-19 immunisation drive.

The Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply said 177,876 people received their first jab and 43,830, their second.

These add up to 5.33 million doses administered in total as of midnight yesterday,

A total of 1.52 million people have been fully inoculated with two doses while 3.81 million, or 11.7% of the population have received one dose.

Kuala Lumpur received the most shots at 786,705 doses.

Malaysia started its National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme on February 24 with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah being the first Malaysians to be vaccinated.

Muhyiddin said on June 15 that the national recovery plan will have four phases that will entail a gradual easing of movement restrictions.

Progression to the next recovery phase will depend on three indicators, namely the number of Covid-19 cases daily, the capacity of the healthcare system, including beds available in intensive care units (ICU) and the percentage of the population that has been vaccinated against Covid-19. – June 18, 2021.

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