PRIME Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is confident that the target of fully vaccinating all adults or 80% of the country’s population against COVID-19 by the end of October can be achieved.

He said this was based on the encouraging progress made in the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).

“I was briefed by the Committee on Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) this morning. Alhamdulillah, the vaccination process is going according to schedule so far,” he said in a post on Facebook today. 

Since the launching of PICK on February 24, a total of 15,772,101 people have received their first dose of the vaccine, while 8,770,336 have complete the two-dose course as of yesterday.

Muhyiddin said more than 60% of adults in the country or over 40% of the population would have been fully vaccinated by August 31.

“This is definitely good news for all of us in celebrating National Day this year,” he added.

He said the latest data available in the country and overseas showed that cases in categories 4 and 5, and deaths would decrease sharply when the vaccination rate increased.

Covid-19 is classified into five categories, with categories four and five the most severe.

“InsyaAllah, we pray that our country will be able to emerge from this pandemic soon,” he said. – Bernama, August 9, 2021.