95.7% of adults in Malaysia fully vaccinated against Covid-19


Health Ministry data say 69.8% of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 have completed their two-dose Covid-19 vaccination. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, November 4, 2021.

A TOTAL of 22,409,335 individuals or 95.7% of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, the Health Ministry (MOH) said.

Based on ministry data on the CovidNow portal, 97.8 per cent of the adult population, or 22,891,080 individuals,  have received at least one dose of the vaccine. 

A total of 114,573 doses of the vaccine were dispensed yesterday, with 42,306 doses as second dose, 8,185 doses to first dose recipients and 64,082 doses as booster dose, bringing the total number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme that was launched in February to 50,420,916.

As for adolescents are aged 12 to 17 years, a total of 2,197,961 individuals or 69.8% of them have completed the vaccination, while 83.3% , or 2,622,306 individuals have received at least the first dose of the vaccine.

On the administration of the booster dose, a total of 471,689 doses had been dispensed as of yesterday. – Bernama, November 4, 2021.


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