A TOTAL of 31.1% of the country’s population, or 10,144,199 people, have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba.

In an infographic post on his official Twitter account, he said 16,707,566 people had received the first dose, bringing the cumulative number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) to 26,851,765 as of yesterday.

In terms of percentage, 71.4% of the adult population has received the first dose and 43.3% completed the second dose.

On the daily vaccination rate, he said 462,860 doses were administered yesterday, with 162,182 being the first dose and 300,678 the second dose.

PICK was launched on February 24. – Bernama, August 14, 2021.