THE national vaccination campaign will achieve its goal of 80% adults inoculated against Covid-19 on Monday, a full month ahead of schedule, as nearly 18.13 million of grown-ups in the country have been fully dosed, the Health Ministry said. 

According to data published by the ministry on the CovidNow website, 238,002 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday under the national immunisation programme, 75,986 of them a first jab and 162,016, a second shot. 

This brings the total doses of vaccine administered under the programme to 39,923,416. 

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had previously said the government expected 80% of the adult population to be vaccinated by the end of October, by which time Covid-19 would be endemic. 

However, according to the CovidNow tracker, an 80% adult vaccination rate is achievable in three days, on September 21 and 100% of adults will be jabbed by November 7.

The Klang Valley, which comprises Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya, topped the vaccination figures with 105.6% of its adult population having been fully inoculated.

The percentage exceeded 100% due to population statistics from the Statistics Department not accounting for change in population size since the last census and undocumented residents.

Sabah has the lowest percentage of fully vaccinated adults at 53.7%.

In total, 66.9% of the population, including adolescents aged 12-17, have had at least one dose and 55.5% are fully vaccinated. – September 18, 2021.