A TOTAL of 873,000 or 24.6% of children aged five to 11 in Malaysia have been fully vaccinated under the national Covid-19 immunisation programme for children as of yesterday.

According to the CovidNow website, 1.54 million or 43.3% of this group have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

For teenagers ages 12-17, a total of 2.89 million individuals or 93% have completed their vaccination, while 2.99 million or 96.1% have received at least one jab.

Among the adult population, 16 million people 68.2% have received the booster dose, 23 million or 97.6% have completed the second dose and 23.2 million or 98.8% have received at least one dose.

A total of 2,151 vaccine doses were administered yesterday, 438 for the booster dose, 1,337 the second dose and 376 the first dose, bringing the cumulative number of vaccine doses dispensed under the national immunisation programme to 70.3 million. – Bernama, May 5, 2022.